by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
The false heart
Language: English
I said to Heart, "How goes it?" Heart replied : "Right as a Ribstone Pippin!" But it lied.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The false heart", appears in Verses, first published 1910 [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 Gabriel Fontrier (b. 1918), "The false heart", published 1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Choruses to Texts by Hilaire Belloc [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 18