A melancholy song
Language: English
Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes, My mother sent me for some barm, She bid me go lightly, and come again quickly, For fear the young men should do me some harm. Yet didn't you see what naughty tricks they put upon me, They broke my pitcher, and spilt the water, Huff'd my mother, and chid her daughter, And kissed my sister instead of me. It's really true, but how can I tell Mummy?
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Antony Hopkins (b. 1921), "A melancholy song" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 75