by George Peele (1556? - 1596)
Summer Song See original
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 Carol Barratt , "Summer Song", published 1997, from Six "Songs" for Singing, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by George Peele (1556? - 1596), "The Impatient Maid", appears in The Old Wives' Tale, first published 1595
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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
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 47