by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893)

Before my lady's window gay
 (Sung text for setting by M. Lang)
 Matches base text
Language: English 
Before my lady's window gay,
The little birds they sing, they sing all day,
The lark, the mavis and the dove,
But the sweet nightingale of May,
She whiles the silent hours away
Chanting of sorrow, joy and love.

Composition:

    Set to music by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Before my lady's window gay", op. 19 no. 4, published 1894 [ low voice and piano ], from Five Norman Songs, no. 4, Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view


Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 39