by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Butterfly song
Language: English  after the Unknown Language
Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly, butterfly, Oh, look, see it hovering among the flowers, It is like a baby trying to walk and not knowing how to go. The clouds sprinkle down the rain.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Acoman Native American [text unavailable]
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 Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Butterfly song", 2002, first performed 2003 [ chorus a cappella ], from Butterfly Dreams, no. 7, Chester Music Ltd [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 32