by Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall (1880 - 1943)
Bells across the meadows
Language: English
Bells across the meadows When the sky was blue, Used to bid me tarry All the summer through: "Stay, oh happy lover, For your love is true." Now the bells, they call me, Call me from her side: "Out upon the high road Since her love has died. Maids be ever fickle, But the world is wide."
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 Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Bells across the meadows", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Hips and haws : five country songs, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 57