by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962)
Though people more wise
Language: English
Though people more wise May laugh me to scorn, At least I was gay From the hour I was born. Just like the wind On a midsummer morn Teasing the poppies, The arrogant poppies, Teasing the poppies That peer from the corn. What lovers I've seen, What vows they have sworn, I listened, I laughed And I left them forlorn; Just like the wind On a midsummer morn Teasing the poppies, The arrogant poppies, Teasing the poppies That peer from the corn.
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Text Authorship:
- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), no title, appears in Midsummer Madness, Columbine's Song, first published 1924 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Arrogant Poppies", op. 51 (Four Songs From Musical Play "Midsummer Madness") no. 2 (1924), published 1924, first performed 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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