possibly by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949)

Language: English 
He met her in the meadow
As the sun was sinking low;
They walk'd along together
In the twilight's after-glow.
 
She waited until patiently,
He had lower'd all the bars,
Her soft eyes bent upon him,
As radiant as the stars.

She neither smil'd nor thank'd him,
In fact, she knew not how,
For he was but a farmer's lad,
And she a Jersey cow.

Note: in Turner-Maley's score, the following words are spelled without the contraction: "walk'd" -> "walked", "lower'd" -> "lowered", "smil'd" -> "smiled", "thank'd" -> "thanked".

Composition:

    Set to music by Florence Turner-Maley (1871 - 1962), "A Pastoral", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], New York : M. Witmark & Sons

Text Authorship:

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Research team for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-05
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Word count: 66