The spring time of the year
Language: English
As I walked out one morning, In the springtime of the year, I overheard a sailor boy, Likewise a lady fair. They sang a song together, Made the valleys for to ring, While the birds on spray And the meadows gay Proclaimed the lovely spring.
Text 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 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "The spring time of the year" [chorus], from Four English Folk Songs, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 45