by John Payne
Kiss me, sweetheart; the Spring is here
Language: English
Kiss me, sweetheart; the Spring is here, And Love is Lord of you and me, The blue-bells beckon each passing bee. The wild wood laughs to the flowered year, There is no bird in brake or brere, But to his little mate sings he: "Kiss me, sweetheart; the Spring is here, And Love is Lord of you and me!" The blue sky laughs out sweet and clear, The [missel-thrush]1 upon the tree Pipes for [mere]2 gladness, loud and free. And I go singing to my dear: "Kiss me, sweetheart; the Spring is here, And Love is Lord of you and me."
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Spring Songs and Sketches. Selected and arranged by E. Nesbit and Robert Ellice Mack, London: Griffith Farrand Company, page 16 (number 5).
1 Smith: "misselbird"
2 Smith: "sheer"
Authorship:
- by John Payne , no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Wilson George Smith (1855 - 1929), "Kiss me, sweetheart", published 1916. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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