by James Vila Blake (1842 - 1925)
When lights go rolling round the sky
Language: English
When lights go rolling round the sky, Then up my heart, then ope mine eye, With Molly and Polly, And John so jolly - Away say we, with melancholy, Heigh-ho and heigh-ho, For me, for me's no melancholy. First rolls the sun in rosy morn, And wheels away what e'er's forlorn: Then look I to my Molly, And, certes, John to Polly - To each the girl, the love, the wife, A rosy morn of rosy life: And so, and so, O ho, O ho, When moves the early moon a-west, We say the vesper time is best; And then lead I my Molly, And cometh John with Polly To sweet sequestered willow shade. For such dear girls and lovers made: And so, and so, O ho, O ho,
Authorship:
- by James Vila Blake (1842 - 1925) [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 John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "When lights go rolling round the sky", 1911, published 1911 [voice and piano], London : Chappell & Co. [text verified 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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Word count: 129