by Mary Mapes Dodge (1831 - 1905)
The minuet
Language: English
Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago How she held her pretty head, How her dainty skirt she spread, How she slowly leaned and rose -- long ago. Grandma's hair was bright and sunny, Dimpled cheeks, too, oh, how funny! Really quite a pretty girl -- long ago. Bless her! why, she wears a cap, Grandma does, and takes a nap Every single day; and yet Grandma danced the minuet -- long ago. "Modern ways are quite alarming," Grandma says, "but boys were charming" (Girls and boys she means, of course) "long ago." Brave but modest, grandly shy; She would like to have us try Just to feel like those who met In the graceful minuet -- long ago.
Authorship:
- by Mary Mapes Dodge (1831 - 1905), "The minuet" [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 minuet", 2011 [mezzo-soprano and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
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Word count: 129