by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
The Only Child Matches base text
Language: English
Crying, my little one, footsore and weary? Fall asleep, pretty one, warm on my shoulder: I must tramp on through the winter night dreary, While the snow falls on me, colder and colder. You are my one, and I have not another; Sleep soft, my darling, my trouble and treasure; Sleep warm and soft, in the arms of your mother, Dreaming of pretty things, dreaming of pleasure.
Composition:
- Set to music by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "The Only Child", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice, piano ], from Mother and Child, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 67