Love me little, love me long, Then we neither can be wrong: You in giving, I in taking; There is not a heart breaking But remembers one touch, Or maybe seven, of too much. Love me more than halfway, though. Let me think, then let me know. And I promise you the same: A little wild, a little tame; Lest it ever seem long: Tick, tock, ding, dong.
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Authorship:
- by Mark van Doren (1894 - 1972) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Scott Wheeler (b. 1952), "Love me little", 1991/1994 [ baritone or tenor and piano ], from Serenata, no. 5, Scott Wheeler Music [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Eric Saroian
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