by Archibald Stodart-Walker (1869 - 1934)
Blink to me only with thine eyes
Language: English
Blink to me only with thine eyes, And I will wink with mine, Or leave a note within the post And I'll come out to dine. An invitation from a Duke Requires a garb divine, But my old neck-tie, at the most, Is all I'd change for thine. I sent thee late a little cheque That could not honoured be, But having then a hope that there It might be cashed by thee; But thou thereon did'st only look And sent it back to me, Since when thou lov'st to curse and swear, Not at the cheque, but me.
Note: this is a parody of Ben Jonson's Song to Celia.
Authorship:
- by Archibald Stodart-Walker (1869 - 1934), "Blink to me only with thine eyes", subtitle: "B-n J-ns-n." [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 Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Blink to me only with thine eyes", subtitle: "B-n J-ns-n.", published 1914 [ tenor and piano ], from Parody Pie, no. 4, Chappell & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-09-13
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Word count: 99