by Arthur Shearley Cripps (1869 - 1952)
A Christmas carol
Language: English
Come browse, my goats, Christ's manger hay, Come, browse, in Christmas peace and love - Ye that on Summer's green hills stray, Or by her rain-flushed river rove! "We fear to browse": my brown goats say, "A white dog snarls Christ's bed above - White dog with four flesh-meals a day - He likes it not that goats he drove Should munch God's meal. He will not move."
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975), "A Christmas carol", c1927, published 1984, first performed 1927 [soprano, violin, and piano], from Four songs, no. 1, Novello [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 65