by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
The little bird
Language: English
My dear Daddie bought a mansion For to bring my Mammie to, In a hat with a long feather, And a trailing gown of blue; And a company of fiddlers And a rout of maids and men Danced the clock round to the morning, In a gay house-warming then. And when all the guests were gone, and All was still as still can be, In from the dark ivy hopped a Wee small bird: and that was Me.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The little bird", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 14, first published 1913 [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 Bainbridge Crist (1883 - 1969), "The little bird", c1916 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 78