by John Keats (1795 - 1821)

Language: English 
Where be you going, you Devon Maid? 
   And what have ye there in the Basket? 
Ye tight little fairy just fresh from the dairy, 
   Will ye give me some cream if I ask it? 

 ... 

I love your hills, and I love your dales, 
   And I love your flocks a-bleating -- 
But O, on the heather to lie together, 
   With both our hearts a-beating! 

I'll put your Basket all safe in a nook, 
   Your shawl I'll hang up on the willow, 
And we will sigh in the daisy's eye 
   And kiss on a grass green pillow.

Composition:

    Set to music by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Where be you going", op. 18 (Six songs) no. 2 (1913), published 1914, stanzas 1,3,4 [ voice and piano ], London, Elkin

Text Authorship:

  • by John Keats (1795 - 1821), "The Devon maid", subtitle: "Stanzas Sent in a Letter to B. R. Haydon"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 126