by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The Little Pretty Nightingale
Language: English
The little pretty nightingale Among the leaves so green Would I were with her all the night! But ye know not whom I mean! The nightingale sat on a briar Among the thorns so keen And comforted my heart’s desire, But ye know not whom I mean. It did me good on her to look; She was all clothed in green. Away from me her heart she took But ye know not whom I mean. “Lady,” I cried with rueful moan, Mind ye how true I have been. For I loved but you alone – Yet ye know not whom I mean!
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "The Little Pretty Nightingale" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Little Pretty Nightingale", op. 388 (1953) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "The Little Pretty Nightingale" [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 102