In the scented bud of the morning -- O,
  When the windy grass went rippling far,
I saw my dear one walking slow,
  In the field where the daises are.

We did not laugh [and]1 we did not speak
  As we wandered [happily]2 to and fro;
I kissed my dear on either cheek,
  In the bud of the morning -- O!

A lark sang up from the breezy land,
  A lark sang down from a cloud afar,
As she and I went hand in hand
  In the field where the daisies are.

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Confirmed with Colum, Padraic, ed., Anthology of Irish Verse, New York, Boni and Liveright, 1922.

¹ omitted by Edmunds
² Barber, Edmunds: "happ'ly"

Authorship:

• by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "The daisies", appears in Here are Ladies, first published 1913 [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 Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "The daisies", from The Rivals, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "The daisies", op. 2 (Three Songs) no. 1, published 1936 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by M. Bowles , "The daisies", published <<1959 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs on Poems by James Stephens [sung text not yet checked]
• by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "The Daisies" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Roland Farley (1892 - 1932), "The daisies", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leslie Mann (1923 - 1977), "The daisies", 1955 [ voice and piano ], from Three songs [sung text not yet checked]
• by Walter Byron Mourant (1910 - 1995), "The daisies" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Michael Mulliner (1896? - 1973), "The daisies", published 1950 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dorothy Parke , "The daisies", 1951 [ voice and piano ], from A Honeycombe [sung text not yet checked]
• by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "In the bud of the morning-O", alternate title: "A field of daisies", op. 25 (Six songs) no. 6 (1926), published 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arthur Shepherd (1880 - 1958), "In the scented bud of the morning-O" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marion Wyrill , "The daisies", published 1931 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Las margaritas", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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