The blue‑bell

In love she fell, 
My shy Bluebell,
With a strolling Bumble Bee;
He whispered low, 
"I love you so!
Sweet, give your heart to me!
I love but you, 
And I'll be true,
O give me your heart,
your heart, I pray!"
She bent her head,
"I will!" she said,
When lo! he flew away.

Translation(s): DUT

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Authorship

• by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945), "The blue-bell" [ 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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The blue-bell", op. 31 (Three Flower Songs) no. 3. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "The blue-bell", op. 26 (From an old garden (six songs)) no. 5, published c1899. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , title 1: "De boshyacinth", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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De boshyacinth

Verliefd werd ze, 
mijn schuw' hyacinth
op een rommelende hommel.
Hij fluisterde zacht 
"ik hou van jou!
Schat schenk me je hartje, 
je hart aan mij
Schat schenk je hart aan mij.
Ik hou alleen van jou, blijf je trouw,
O schenk me je hart, smeek ik!"
 Ze boog haar hoofd...  
en zei "Ik wil"
En kijk! Hij vloog ver weg.

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• a text in English by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945), "The blue-bell"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Edward Alexander MacDowell. Go to the text.

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