by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Messalina
Language: English
Ay me, alas, heigh ho, heigh ho! Thus doth Messalina go Up and down the house a-crying, For her monkey lies a-dying. Death, thou art too cruel To bereave her of her jewel; Or to make a seizure Of her only treasure. If her monkey die She will sit and cry: Fie, fie, fie, fie, fie!
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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Messalina", op. 8 no. 3 (1936), published 1936 [ high voice and orchestra ], from Our Hunting Fathers, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 11
Word count: 56