O hearts that are heavy with earth [ ... ]
Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano
by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005)
1. Lullaby for a dark hour  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Alfred Kreymborg (1883 - 1966), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. River Night  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Up and down the river the barges go [ ... ]
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- by Frances Frost , copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. As I walked through the meadows  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
As I walked through the meadows to take the fresh air, The flowers were blooming and gay; I heard a fair damsel so sweetly asinging. Her cheeks like a blossom in May. Said I: Pretty maiden and how came you here In the meadows this morning so soon? The maid she replied: For to gather some may, For the trees thay are all in full bloom. Said I: Pretty maiden shall I go with you To the meadows to gather some may? O no, sir, she said, I would rather refuse, For I fear you would lead me astray. Then I took this fair maid by the lily-white hand; On the green mossy bank we sat down; And I placed a kiss on her sweet rosy lips, While the small birds were singing around. And when we arose from the green mossy bank, To the meadows we wandered away; I placed my love on a primrose bank While I picked her a handful of may. Then early next morning I made her my bride, That the world might have nothing to say, The bells they did ring and the birds they did sing, And I crowned her the sweet Queen of May.
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