by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
A birdie with a yellow bill Hopped upon the window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: "Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head?"
Composition:
- Set to music by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931 - 2003), "Time to rise", published 1968 [ high voice and piano ], from From a child's garden, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Time to rise", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ora di alzarsi", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22