by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
A song
Language: English
On a summer's day as I sat by a stream, A dainty maid came by, And she blessed my sight like a rosy dream, And left me there to sigh, to sigh, And left me there to sigh, to sigh. On another day as I sat by the stream, This maiden paused a while, Then I made me bold as I told my dream, She heard it with a smile, a smile, She heard it with a smile, a smile. Oh, the months have fled and the autumn's red, The maid no more goes by: For my dream came true and the maid I wed, And now no more I sigh, I sigh, And now no more I sigh.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "A song", from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow, first published 1905 [author's text not yet checked 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 Wynn Leo Boyd (b. 1902), "A song", published 1964 [voice and piano], from American Art Songs [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 15
Word count: 119