by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Margery Brown, on the top of the hill
Language: English
"Margery Brown, on the top of the hill, Why are you standing, idle still?" "Oh, I'm looking over to London town; Shall I see the horsemen if I go down?" "Margery Brown, on the top of the hill, Why are you standing, listening still?" "Oh, I hear the bells of London ring, And I hear the men and the maidens sing." "Margery Brown, on the top of the hill, Why are you standing, waiting still?" "Oh, a knight is there, but I can't go down, For the bells ring strangely in London town."
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Confirmed with Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children by Kate Greenaway, London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., page 18.
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) ; composed by Ernst Frank.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-30
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Word count: 93