Wild cherry
Language: English
O pure is my love as the wild white cherry! Graceful as a windblown forest tree; And the soft-eyed deer on the green hillside Are not more fleet than she. O kind is her heart and her eyes are merry; Changeful as a fleeting April sky: As I love her now I shall love her still Until the day I die.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Wild cherry", 1938, published 1938 [voice and piano], Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2012-12-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 61