by George Peele (1556? - 1596)

Language: English 
Our translations:  DUT
When as the rye reach to the chin,
And chop-cherry, chop-cherry ripe within,
Strawberries swimming in the cream,
And schoolboys playing in the stream;
Then, O, then O then O, my true love said,
Till that time come again 
She could not live a maid!

Composition:

    Set to music by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Whenas the rye", 1918, published 1920 [ voice and piano ], first setting

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 47