possibly by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949)
He met her in the meadow
Language: English
He met her in the meadow As the sun was sinking low; They walk'd along together In the twilight's after-glow. She waited until patiently, He had lower'd all the bars, Her soft eyes bent upon him, As radiant as the stars. She neither smil'd nor thank'd him, In fact, she knew not how, For he was but a farmer's lad, And she a Jersey cow.
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View text with all available footnotesNote: in Turner-Maley's score, the following words are spelled without the contraction: "walk'd" -> "walked", "lower'd" -> "lowered", "smil'd" -> "smiled", "thank'd" -> "thanked".
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "He met her in the meadow", 1921 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florence Turner-Maley (1871 - 1962), "A Pastoral", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], New York : M. Witmark & Sons [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2022-04-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 66