by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
I call and I call
Language: English
I call, I call: who do ye call? The maids to catch this cowslip ball: But since these cowslips fading be, Troth, leave the flowers, and, maids, take me. Yet, if that neither you will do, Speak but the word and I'll take you.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "I call and I call" [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "I call and I call", op. 149 (Five songs) no. 2 (1941) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
Line count: 6
Word count: 44