by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
It nods and curtseys and recovers Matches original text
Language: English
It nods and curtseys and recovers When the wind blows above, The nettle on the graves of lovers That hanged themselves for love. The nettle nods, the wind blows over, The man, he does not move, The lover of the grave, the lover That hanged himself for love.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "It nods and curtseys and recovers"
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 16, first published 1896
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