by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Boy Johnny
Language: English
"If you'll busk you as a bride And make ready, It's I will wed you with a ring, O fair lady." "Shall I busk me as a bride, I so bonny, For you to wed me with a ring, O boy Johnny?" "When you've busked you as a bride And made ready, Who else is there to marry you, O fair lady?" "I will find my lover out, I so bonny, And you shall bear my wedding-train, O boy Johnny."
Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Boy Johnny", appears in A Pageant and Other Poems, first published 1881 [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 Edric Cundell (1893 - 1961), "Boy Johnny", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Boy Johnny", published 1936 [ SS chorus or unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "Boy Johnny", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Christina Rossetti Poems [sung text not yet checked]
- by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870 - 1946), "Boy Johnny", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], also set in German [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Boy Johnny", 1902, published 1902, first performed 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 1, in the September 1902 Vocalist [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 80