by (James Henry) Leigh Hunt (1784 - 1859)
Jenny kissed me when we met
Language: English
Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your [list]1, put that in: Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add Jenny kissed me.
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Authorship
- by (James Henry) Leigh Hunt (1784 - 1859), "Jenny kissed me" [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 Francis Boott (1813 - 1904), "Jenny kissed me" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Jenny kissed me", 1984. [baritone and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "Jenny kiss'd me", published 1921 [voice and piano], from Two Songs, no. 2, Glasgow : Paterson Sons & Co. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "Jenny kissed me", op. 49 no. 1 (1977) [baritone or bass or mezzo-soprano with string trio or piano or guitar, violoncello and flute obbligato], from Two Leigh Hunt Songs, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Jenny kissed me", published 1917 [voice and piano], from Four Love Songs, no. 4, London, Chappell & Co. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Dorothy Pilling (1910 - 1998), "Jenny kiss'd me" [voice and piano], confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Jenny kissed me" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844 - 1931), "Jenny kissed me", op. 34 (Six Folk Songs of Different Nationalities) no. 5, published 1900 [voice and piano], Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt and Co. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Joel Weiss , "Jenny kiss'd me", 1993. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Stephen Wilkinson (b. 1919), "Kiss" [voice and piano], from Eternal Summer, no. 15. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 50