The Child and the Star
Language: English
Child "Little star that shines so bright, Come and peep at me tonight, For I often watch for you In the pretty sky so blue. "Little Star! O tell me, pray, Where you hide yourself all day? Have you got a home like me? and a father kind to see?" Star "O little Child, at you I peep, while you lie asleep; But when days break, I my homeward journey take. "For I've many friends on high, living with me in the sky, And a loving Father, too, Who commands what I'm to do."
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Mother Goose [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The Child and the Star", 2005 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Nursery Rhymes and Children's Prayers, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 94