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by William Alexander Percy (1885 - 1942)

The little shepherd's song
Language: English 
The leaves, the little birds, and I,
The fleece clouds and the sweet, sweet sky;
The pages singing as they ride
Down there, down there where the river is wide.
Heigh-ho, what a day! What a lovely day!
Even too lovely to hop and play
With my sheep
Or sleep
In the sun!

And so I lie in the deep, deep grass
And watch the pages as the pass
And sing to them as they to me
Till they turn the bend by the poplar tree.
And then—O then, I sing right on
To the leaves and the lambs and myself alone!
For I think there must be
Inside of me
A bird!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Edwards 

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Confirmed with William Alexander Percy, In April Once, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920, page 96.


Text Authorship:

  • by William Alexander Percy (1885 - 1942), "The little shepherd's song", appears in In April once, New Haven, Yale University Press, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Clara Edwards (1887 - 1974), "The little shepherd's song", published 1922. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 116

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