by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The bachelor
Language: English
How many things as yet Are dear alike to me! The field, the horse, the dog, Love, arms, or liberty. I have no wife as yet That I may call mine own; I have no children yet That by my name are known. Yet, if I married were, I would not wish to thrive If that I could not tame The veriest shrew alive.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 39.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Maynard (c1577 - 1633), "The bachelor", published 1611, from the collection Twelve Wonders of the World [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 64