by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945)
The blue‑bell
Language: English
Our translations: DUT
In love she fell, My shy Bluebell, With a strolling Bumble Bee; He whispered low, "I love you so! Sweet, give your heart to me! I love but you, And I'll be true, O give me your heart, your heart, I pray!" She bent her head, "I will!" she said, When lo! he flew away.
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945), "The blue-bell" [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The blue-bell", op. 31 (Three Flower Songs) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "The blue-bell", op. 26 (From an old garden (six songs)) no. 5, published c1899 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "De boshyacinth", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 55