by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Crown Winter with green
Language: English
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Crown Winter with green, And give him good drink To physic his spleen Or ever he think. His mouth to be bowl His feet to the fire; And let him, good soul, No comfort desire. So merry he be, I bid him abide: And merry be we This good Yuletide.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Crown Winter with green", 1935 [ women's chorus a cappella ], from Five Part-Songs for Women's Choir, Set II [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "Crown Winter with green", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Six songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Greta Tomlins (1912 - 1972), "This good Yuletide", published 1967 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Times and Seasons [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 50