Five Eyes
| Song Title | Five Eyes (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Cecil Armstrong Gibbs |
| Author(s): | Walter De la Mare |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Catching; Cats; Claws; Climbing; Creaking; Crouching; Day; Eyes; Flour Sacks; Hans; Jekkel; Jessup; Jill; Lights; Meals; Mills; Night; Pouncing; Rats; Scampering; Smouldering; Sniffing; Snoring; Snouts; Squeaking; Stairs; Stirring; Tails; Thieving; Watching; Whiskers; Whisking; Wind |
| First Line | In Hans' old mill his three black cats watch the bins for the thieving rats. (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1917 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2370 |
| Larger Work | Three Songs, Op. 15 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556012842753;view=1up;seq=3 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/48C2seJpA3z5UlGmJLvTb4?si=p5q1gK8aQumc_REpH1d3Bg |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/five-eyes-3/ |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | F4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Bb Minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | John Coates (Search) |
| Premiered By | Gladys Moger (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Later arrangements are soprano with string quartet (Search) |
| Sources Cited | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556012842753;view=1up;seq=3 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556012842753;view=1up;seq=3 (Search) |
| Contributor | Kahli Dalbow (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | University of Utah (Search) |