by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Lie a‑bed,/ Sleepy head
Language: English
Lie a-bed, Sleepy head, Shut up eyes, bo-peep; Till daybreak Never wake: -- Baby, sleep.
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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 Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Lie a-bed, sleepy head", op. 19 (Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-song"), Heft 1 no. 9, published 1908 [ high voice or low voice, piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "Lie a-bed, sleepy head", published 1925 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Kikirikee [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-27
Line count: 6
Word count: 14