by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Pretty mocking bird
Language: English
Living echo, living echo birds of eve, Hush, hush thy wailing, cease, cease to grieve, Pretty warbler, wake the grove, To notes of joy, to songs of love: Pretty mocking bird, thy form I see, Swinging with the breeze on the mangrove tree. Pretty mocking bird, thy form I see.
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 Henry Rowley Bishop (1785 - 1855), "Pretty mocking bird" [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-18
Line count: 7
Word count: 50