by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Margaret has a milking‑pail
Language: English
Margaret has a milking-pail, And she rises early; Thomas has a threshing-flail, And he's up betimes. Sometimes crossing through the grass Where the dew lies pearly, They say "Good morrow" as they pass By the leafy limes.
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Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 George Dyson (1883 - 1964), "Margaret has a milking-pail", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Kikirikee [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Margaret has a milking-pail", published 1924 [ 2-part chorus of equal voices ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Shena Eleanor Fraser (1910 - 1993), "Margaret has a milking-pail", published 1957 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Two Unison Songs [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 37