by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)
The merry, merry lark was up and singing
Language: English
The merry, merry lark was up and singing, The hare was out and feeding on the lea; The merry, merry bells below were ringing, As my child's laugh rang through me. Now the hare is snared and dead beside the snowyard, And the lark beside the dreary winter sea, And my baby in his cradle in the churchyard, Waiteth there until the bells bring me.
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Authorship:
- by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), "A lament", appears in Andromeda and Other Poems, first published 1858 [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 Robin Humphrey Legge (1862 - 1933), "A lament", published c1894 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "The merry, merry lark", published 1894 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 65