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Early one morning, just as the sun was rising, I heard a maid sing in the valley below. "Oh, don't deceive me, oh, never leave me, How could you use a [poor]1 maiden so?" "O gay is the [garland, fresh]2 are the roses I've culled from the garden to bind on thy brow. O don't deceive me, O do not leave me! How could you use a [poor]1 maiden so? Remember the vows that you [made]3 to your Mary, Remember the bow'r where you vowed to be true. "Oh, don't deceive me, oh, never leave me. How could you use a poor maiden so!" Thus [sung]4 the poor maiden, her sorrow bewailing, Thus [sung]4 the poor maid in the valley below; ["O don't deceive me! O do not leave me!]5 How could you use a poor maiden so?"
P. Grainger sets stanzas 1, 3
M. Tippett sets stanzas 1, 3, 2, 4
1 Smith: "fair"
2 Tippett: "garland and"
3 Tippett: "gave"
4 Smith: "sang"
5 omitted by Smith
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Early one morning" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Early one morning", published 1969 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Four British Folk-songs, no. 1, B. Schotts Söhne, Mainz; also set in German as "Früh noch am Tage" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Early one morning", stanzas 1,3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Early One Morning", op. 446 (1955) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alan Louis Smith , "Early one morning" [ soprano, viola, and piano ], from Four Folksongs for Soprano, Viola and Piano, no. 2, Alfred [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998), "Early one morning", 1956, published 1958, stanzas 1,3,2,4 [ chorus a cappella ], from Four Songs from the British Isles, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Un matí a primera hora ", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Un matin tôt", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 145
Un matí a primera hora quan sortia el sol, vaig sentir cantar una noia a baix a la vall. “Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?” “Oh, bonica és la garlanda, fresques les roses, que he collit del jardí per lligar-la al teu front. Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?” Recorda les promeses que vas fer a la teva Maria, recorda la glorieta on vas prometre de ser-me fidel. “Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?” Així cantava la pobra noia, lamentant la seva pena, així cantava la pobra noia a baix a la vall; “Oh, no m’enganyis, oh, no m’abandonis mai, com has pogut tractar així a una pobra noia?”
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
This text was added to the website: 2024-09-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 139