A fair maid walking all in her garden
Language: English
A fair maid walking all in her garden, a brisk young sailor she chanced to spy, He stepped up to her thinking to woo her, cried thus: Fair maid, can you fancy I? You seem to be some man of honour, some man of honour you seem to be, I am a poor and lowly maiden, not fitting, sir, your servant for to be. [...]1
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "A fair maid walking all in her garden", op. 27 (1954 ) [ SATB chorus a cappella ], London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "The brisk young sailor", 1937, from Lincolnshire Posy, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 65