"Submarines" is a poem written by
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
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(1865-1936), and set to music by the English composer
Edward Elgar in 1917, as the third of a set of four war-related songs on nautical subjects for which he chose the title "
The Fringes of the Fleet".
Like the others in the cycle, is intended for four baritone voices. It was originally written with orchestral accompaniment, but it was later published to be sung with piano accompaniment.
The composer does not make clear which sections of the song, if any, are to be sung solo or in chorus.
The poem was titled by Kipling ''Tin Fish''.
Poem
The musical setting repeats the first stanza.
The Fringes of the Fleet
*Kipling's book ''Sea Warfare'' (1916) republished
The Fringes of the Fleet (1915) and included a section ''Tales of "The Trade"'' about the Submarine Service. It included a poem titled "The Trade" which begins:
References
External links
Sea Warfare - The Fringes of the FleetNotes by Alastair Wilson
{{Rudyard Kipling
1917 songs
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling
Songs by Edward Elgar