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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Brown‑thrush singing all day long
Language: English 
Brown-thrush singing all day long
    In the leaves above me,
Take my love this April song,
    "Love me, love me, love me!"

When he harkens what you say,
    Bid him, lest he miss me,
Leave his work or leave his play,
    And kiss me, kiss me kiss me!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Love Me", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911 [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 Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "April Song", from Teasdale Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "Love me", published 1970 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from First Person Feminine, no. 6, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Kathleen Blair Clarke (b. 1888), "Love me, kiss me", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Songs [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Harold Vincent Milligan (1888 - 1951), "Love me", published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Youthful Love: "Love Me"" [ voice and piano ], from Three Love Songs on Poems by Sarah Teasdale, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Love me", 1998 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Teasdale Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Love me", published 1919 [ medium voice or low voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

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