I had a silver buckle, I sewed it on my shoe, And 'neath a sprig of mistletoe I danced the evening through! I had a bunch of cowslips, I hid them in a grot, In case the elves should come by night And me remember not. I had a yellow riband, I tied it in my hair, That, walking in the garden, The birds might see it there. I had a secret laughter, I laughed it near the wall: Only the ivy and the wind May tell of it at all.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), as Walter Ramal, appears in Songs of Childhood, first published 1902 [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 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975), "The buckle", 1921, published 1922, first performed 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Three Romantic Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eric Leigh , "The buckle", published 1962 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Edward Piggott , "The buckle", published 1960 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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