by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832)
Proud Maisie
Language: English
Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early, Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. "Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me?" "When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye." "Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?" "The grey-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. The glow-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady; The owl from the steeple sing, `Welcome, proud lady.'"
Authorship:
- by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), appears in The Heart of Midlothian [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Proud Maisie", 1926, published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Proud Maisie", 1876-1901, published 1902, from English Lyrics, Fifth Set, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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