"If you'll busk you as a bride And make ready, It's I will wed you with a ring, O fair lady." "Shall I busk me as a bride, I so bonny, For you to wed me with a ring, O boy Johnny?" "When you've busked you as a bride And made ready, Who else is there to marry you, O fair lady?" "I will find my lover out, I so bonny, And you shall bear my wedding-train, O boy Johnny."
Two Songs
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
1. Boy Johnny  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Boy Johnny", appears in A Pageant and Other Poems, first published 1881
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. If I were a Queen  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
If I were a Queen, What would I do? I'd make you King, And I'd wait on you. If I were a King, What would I do? I'd make you Queen, For I'd marry you.
Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 115