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by Theodosia Garrison (1874 - 1944)

Pierrot at Fifty
Language: English 
"Where is your mandolin, Pierrot?"
"I gave it to a youngster long ago.
Finger-tips grown stiff are clumsy things
To wake the poem sleeping in the strings.
Heigh-ho !
I gave it to a youngster long ago."
"Where is your yellow ruff, Pierrot?"
"It went into the rag-bag long ago.
A ruff should rise to meet a beardless chin,
And flower round a throat with music in.
Heigh-ho!
It went into the rag-bag long ago."
"But where are all your songs, Pierrot?"
"I gave them to a lady long ago.
There were roses and a cross upon her breast,
And I hid my broken songs among the rest.
Heigh-ho !
I gave them to a lady long ago."

Confirmed with Theodosia Garrison, Pierrot At Fifty, in: Scribners, August 1925, p.128


Text Authorship:

  • by Theodosia Garrison (1874 - 1944), "Pierrot at Fifty" [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 Frances Turgeon Wiggin (1891 - 1985), "Pierrot at Fifty" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-04-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 116

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