by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Cherry ripe
Language: English
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy. If [so]1 be you ask me where They do grow, I answer: There, Where my Julia's lips do smile; There's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.
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Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Cherry-ripe", appears in The Hesperides [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 Eleanor Everest Freer (1864 - 1942), "Cherry ripe", op. 4 no. 8, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from A Book of Songs, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Cherry ripe", op. 49 no. 4, published 1961 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from cantata Herrick Cantata, no. 4, Boston : E. C. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. E. (Charles Edward) Horn (1786 - 1849), "Cherry ripe" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Cherry ripe", op. 8 no. 6 (1905), published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from To Julia, no. 6, London, Boosey [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Cherry-ripe", from Flight For Heaven, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "Cherry ripe", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], melody by Charles Edward Horn ; London : Elkin [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 47