by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945)
The yellow daisy
Language: English
What's his heart Sweetheart, Sweetheart! What's his heart? Very often I've been told Of his yellow shining gold But the gold's the smallest part Of love, Sweetheart, Sweetheart! Of a happy love, Sweetheart! Is it true, my dear, is it true That his heart's a rusty brown? Nay my sweetheart do not frown, Better know it's brown and sere, Now than when too late, My dear, my dear When too late, My dear!
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945), "The yellow daisy" [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The yellow daisy", op. 31 (Three Flower Songs) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "The yellow daisy", op. 26 (From an old garden (six songs)) no. 4, published c1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "De gele margriet", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Der Sonnenhut", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 73