by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Shall I sing?" says the Lark
Language: English
"Shall I sing?" says the Lark, "Shall I bloom?" says the Flower; "Shall I come?" says the Sun, "Or shall I?" says the Shower. Sing your song, pretty Bird, Roses, bloom for an hour; Shine on, dearest Sun, Go away, naughty Shower!
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Confirmed with Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children by Kate Greenaway, London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., page 43.
Text Authorship:
- by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879 [author's text checked 1 time 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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway ; composed by Ernst Frank, Arno Kleffel.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-30
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