by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot

Ojala from the "Spanish Gyspy"
 (Sung text for setting by M. Lang)
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Language: English 
Spring comes hither
  Buds the rose;
Roses wither,
  Sweet spring goes.
Ojalà, would she carry me!

Summer soars --
  Wide-winged day
Onward pours
To the day.
Ojalà, would he carry me!

Soft winds blow
  Westward borne,
Onward go
  toward the morn.
Ojalà, would they carry me!

Sweet birds sing
  O'er the graves,
Then take wing
  O'er the waves.
Ojalà, would they carry me!

Composition:

    Set to music by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Ojala from the "Spanish Gyspy"", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Schmidt

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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 62