by Edward Powys Mathers (1892 - 1939)
Since you love me and I love you
Language: English
Since you love me and I love you The rest matters not. I will cut grass in the fields And you will sell it for beasts. Since you love me and I love you The rest matters not. I will sow maize in the fields and you will sell it for people.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Powys Mathers (1892 - 1939), "Song", appears in Kafiristan [author's text not yet checked 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 Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "Pastorale", 1921, published 1979, first performed 1922 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52