by Harry Rodney Bennett (1890 - 1948), as Royden Barrie
A brown bird singing
Language: English
All through the night there's a little brown bird singing, Singing in the hush of the darkness and the dew. Would that his song through the stillness could go winging, Could go winging to you, To you. All through the night-time my lonely heart is singing Sweeter songs of love than the brown bird ever knew. Would that the song of my heart could go a-winging, Could go a-winging to you, To you.
Text Authorship:
- by Harry Rodney Bennett (1890 - 1948), as Royden Barrie [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 Haydn Wood (1882 - 1959), "A brown bird singing", published 1922. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 73