by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
I caught a little ladybird
Language: English
I caught a little ladybird That flies far away; I caught a little lady wife That is both staid and gay. Come back, my scarlet ladybird, Back from far away; I weary of my dolly wife, My wife that cannot play. She's such a senseless wooden thing She stares the livelong day; Her wig of gold is stiff and cold And cannot change to grey.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Felix Gerald Swinstead (1880 - 1959), "The ladybird", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Sing-Song Cycle [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 66