by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
If I were a Queen
Language: English
If I were a Queen, What would I do? I'd make you King, And I'd wait on you. If I were a King, What would I do? I'd make you Queen, For I'd marry you.
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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 Newel Kay Brown (b. 1932), "If I were a Queen", 1969, first performed 1969 [ soprano and flute ], from A Set of Three [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Macpherson (1870 - 1927), "If I were a Queen", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Kikirikee [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Gerald Swinstead (1880 - 1959), "If I were a Queen", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Sing-Song Cycle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "If I were a Queen", 1902, published 1902, first performed 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 2, first appeared in the September 1902 Vocalist [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 35