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Song Cycle by Julia Howe, née Ward (1819 - 1910)

?. Oh the little birds sang east  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Oh, the little birds sang east, and the little birds sang west --
Toll slowly.
Oh, and laughed the Duchess May, and her soul did put away
  All his boasting, for a jest.

Text Authorship:

  • by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), no title, appears in Poems, in Rhyme of the Duchess May, in The Rhyme, no. 33, Volume II, first published 1844

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