One morning very early (I love my love)
Language: English
One morning very early – one morning in the spring – I heard a maid complaining, and sadly she did sing. The tears were in her weary eyes as dolefully sang she – Oh, I love my love because I know my love loves me! Oh, cruel were his parents who sent my love to sea, And cruel, cruel was the ship that bore my love from me! Yet I forgive, and I’ll forget their cruel enmity, For I love my love because I know my love loves me! Oh, if I were a little bird I’d find him in the west, And if I were a nightingale I’d sing my love to rest; In all the wide, wide world there is none so dear as he, For I love my love because I know my love loves me!
Authorship:
- by Patrick Joseph O'Reilly [an adaptation] [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 Wilfred Sanderson (1878 - 1935), "One morning very early (I love my love)" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 139