by Harriet Augusta Dorotea Löwenhjelm (1887 - 1918)
May we be happy and rejoice
Language: English
May we be happy and rejoice on this green earth, oh my son! But tired and smiling we leave our toys when it's over, and life is done.
Text Authorship:
- by Harriet Augusta Dorotea Löwenhjelm (1887 - 1918) [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 Bo Linde (1933 - 1970), "May we be happy and rejoice", 1954, first performed 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Fyra allvarliga sånger, no. 4, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 28