by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Milkmaids
Language: English
Walking betimes close by a waterside A pair of lovely milkmaids there I chanced to spy; One of the them was fair, as fair as fair might be; The other, she was brown with rolling wanton eye. Cyder to make sillabubs, they carried in their pails And sugar in their purses hung, dangling at their tails; Waistcoats of flannel and petticoats of red; Before them, milk-white aprons and straw-hats on their head. Well fare you, merry milkmaids that dabble in the dew, For you have kisses plenty when ladies have but few.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "Milkmaids", 1946, published 1947, copyright © 1947 [voice and piano], Music Press Inc. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-15
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