by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
The gypsies
Language: English
In the dell are camped the gypsies, Brown as berries to a man; They live, the lucky creatures, In a painted caravan. A perfect little house that the horse draws about, And a perfect little chimney with the smoke coming out.
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958) [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 Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "The gypsies", 1938, published c1961 [ voice and piano ], from Six children's songs, no. 2, London: Elkin & Co. confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-10
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