by Maurice Denton (1915 - 1948)
Jane Allen
Language: English
Our maid, Jane Allen, Fly-by-night, Left the dishes Shining white - Took her stockings From the horse, Darned the heels With stitches coarse - Drank a cup Of Indian tea; Then dropped a letter In a tree: And this is what The letter said "When you get this, I'll be dead."
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Denton (1915 - 1948) [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 Howard Ferguson (1908 - 1999), "Jane Allen", from Discovery, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 49