Come you not from Newcastle?
Language: English
Come you not from Newcastle? Come you not there away? Oh, met you not my true love, Riding on a bonny bay? Why should I not love my love? Why should not my love love me? Why should I not speed after him, Since love to all is free?
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Come you not from Newcastle?" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 49