by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936)
In the days of my youth
Language: English
In the days of my youth I wooed woman with sonnets. My ideas were uncouth In the days of my youth. Now I know that her ruth Is best reached by new bonnets; In the days of my youth I wooed woman with sonnets.
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Confirmed with Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c., selected by Gleeson White, London: Walter Scott, Limited, 1887.
Authorship:
- by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936), no title [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):
- by Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "In the days of my youth" [ voice and piano ], from Three Triolets, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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