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by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)

There sits a bird on every tree
Language: English 
There sits a bird on every tree;
Sing heigh-ho!
There sits a bird on every tree,
And courts his love as I do thee;
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.

There grows a flower on every bough;
Sing heigh-ho!
There grows a flower on every bough,
Its petals kiss -- I'll show you how:
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.

From sea to stream the salmon roam;
Sing heigh-ho!
From sea to stream the salmon roam;
Each finds a mate, and leads her home;
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.

The sun's a bridegroom, earth a bride;
Sing heigh-ho!
They court from morn till eventide:
The earth shall pass, but love abide.
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), "Sing Heigh-Ho!", written 1847, appears in Andromeda and Other Poems, first published 1858 [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 William Henry Bell (1873 - 1946), "Sing Heigh-ho!", 1903 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Cecil Burch , "There sits a bird", published 1866 [ five-part chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Frederick Arthur Challinor , "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1915 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gordon S. Cole (1905 - 1970), "Sing Heigh-ho!", 1953 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Cross (b. 1899), "Heigh-Ho!", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Michael Diack (1869 - 1946), "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1902 [ SA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "There sits a bird on every tree", published 1909 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leland Elting Forsblad , "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1960 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "There sits a bird on every tree", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1880 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by J. C. Herbert , "Sing Heigh-ho!" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Hewitt , "There sits a bird on every tree", published 1890 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Sing Heigh-ho!", 1892 [ voice and piano ], first setting [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Sing Heigh-ho!", 1897 [ voice and piano ], second setting [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Malcolm Leonard Lawson (b. 1849), "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Frederic Löhr (1872 - 1943), "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1902 [ duet for high voice, low voice, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Alexander MacFarren (1813 - 1887), "Sing Heigh-ho!", published c1866 [ SATB chorus and piano ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Frederick McKay (1899 - 1970), "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1941 [ SATB chorus a cappella (or with piano) ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Horace Middleton , "Sing Heigh-ho!", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Dorothy Parke , "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1955 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1892 [ four-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Williams (1847 - 1923), as Florian Pascal, "Sing Heigh-ho!", published 1930? [ soprano and piano ], from Nine songs [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 125

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