English Songs, Part I

by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964)

Fair Annet's song

Language: English 
One thing comes
And another thing goes;
Frosts in November
Drive away the rose;
Like a blowing ember ...
The windflower blows
And drives away the snows.

It is sad to remember
And sorrowful to pray;
Let us laugh and be merry,
Who have seen today
The last of the cherry
And the first of the may;
And neither one will stay.

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):

Set by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964), published 1959 [ voice and piano ]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
Total word count: 61