Three Loves

Song Cycle by Liz Dilnot Johnson (b. 1964)

Publisher: Composers Edition (external link)

1. The Rose
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
All night by The rose
All night by the rose I lay
I dared not steal the rose tree
But I bore the flow'r away

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Medieval English
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2. I Loved A Child  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I loved a child of this countrie,
And so I wend he had do me;
Now myself the sooth I see.
That he is far.
Were it undo that is y-do.
I would bewar.

He said to me he would be true,
And change me for none other new;
Now I sykke and pale of hue
For he is far.

Were it undo that is y-do.
I would bewar.

He said his saws he would fulfil
Therefore I let him have all his will;
Now I sykke and mourne still
For he is gone.

Were it undo that is y-do.
I would bewar.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, England, 15th century

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Total word count: 128