On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle composed in 1909 by Ralph Vaughan Williams for tenor, piano and string quartet.
[2] It was premiered by Gervase Elwes, Frederick Kiddle and the Schwiller Quartet on 15 November 1909 in the Aeolian Hall, London.
The Roman numerals in this list of the songs are taken from A Shropshire Lad:[5][6] An earlier version of "Is My Team Ploughing?
", for voice and piano, had been performed on 26 January 1909 in a concert sponsored by Gervase Elwes and James Friskin.
To Housman's annoyance, Vaughan Williams omitted the third and fourth verses of "Is My Team Ploughing".