by John O'Keefe (1747 - 1833)
Amo Amas Amat
Language: English
Amo, amas, I love a lass As a cedar tall and slender! Sweet cowslips' grace Is her Nominative Case, And she's of the Feminine Gender. Rorum, corum, sunt Divorum! Harum, scarum Divo! Tag rag, merry derry, periwig and hatband, Hic hac, horum Genetivo! [Can]1 I decline A Nymph divine? Her voice as a flute is dulcis! Her oculi bright! Her manus white! And soft, when I tacto, her pulse is! Rorum, corum, sunt Divorum! Harum scarum Divo! Tag rag , merry derry, periwig and hatband, Hic hac, horum Genetivo! O, how bella Is my Puella! I'll kiss sæculorum! If I've luck, Sir! She's my Uxor! O, dies benedictorum! Rorum, corum, sunt Divorum! Harum scarum Divo! Tag rag, merry derry, periwig and hatband, Hic, hac, horum Genetivo!
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Authorship:
- by John O'Keefe (1747 - 1833) [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 Robert Still (1910 - 1971), "Amo Amas Amat" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Graham Musto
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-17
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Word count: 127