by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
The Peter‑penny
Language: English
Fresh strewings allow To my sepulchre now, To make my lodging the sweeter; A staff or a wand Put then in my hand, With a penny to pay S. Peter. Who has not a cross Must sit with the loss, And no whit further must venture; Since the porter he Will paid have his fee, Or else not one there must enter. Who at a dead lift Can't send for a gift A pig to the priest for a roaster, Shall hear his clerk say, By yea and by nay, No penny, no paternoster.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The Peter-penny" [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), "The Peter-penny", op. 54 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set V) no. 5 (1922) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
Line count: 18
Word count: 94