by Samuel Birch (1757 - 1841)
Sweet Charity
Language: English
In tatter'd weed from town to town, Is hapless primrose doom'd to stray, Compell'd, a wretched wanderer known To seek a home from day-to-day. Barefoot as she strolls forlorn, O'er the flint, or pointed thorn; Silent must her sorrow be, Her Madrigal — Sweet Charity! At evening will the village hind, In rapture listen to her song And buy her toys in hope to find What future joys to him belong. Barefoot as she strolls forlorn etc.
Authorship:
- by Samuel Birch (1757 - 1841), appears in The Smugglers [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 Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838), "Sweet Charity" [ voice and piano ], London: the Royal Harmonic Institution [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-26
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