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Two Songs

by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)

1. The Devon maid  [sung text checked 1 time]

Language: English 
Where be [ye]1 going, you Devon Maid? 
   And what have ye there in the Basket? 
Ye tight little fairy just fresh from the dairy, 
   Will ye give me some cream if I ask it? 

[ ... ]

I'll put your Basket all safe in [a]2 nook, 
   Your shawl [I]3 hang up on the willow, 
And we will sigh in the daisy's eye 
   And kiss on [a]2 grass green pillow.

I love your hills, and I love your dales, 
   And I love your flocks a-bleating -- 
But O, on the heather to lie together, 
   With both our hearts a-beating! 

[ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by John Keats (1795 - 1821), "The Devon maid", subtitle: "Stanzas Sent in a Letter to B. R. Haydon"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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1 Bridge, Quilter: "you"
2 Bridge: "the"
3 Bridge, Quilter: "I'll"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Go not, happy day  [sung text checked 1 time]

Language: English 
Go not, happy day,
  From the shining fields,
Go not, happy day.
  Till the maiden yields.
Rosy is the West,
  Rosy is the South,
Roses are her cheeks,
  And a rose her mouth.
When the happy Yes
  Falters from her lips,
Pass and blush the news
  [O'er the blowing ships]1.
Over blowing seas,
  Over seas at rest,
Pass the happy news,
  Blush it thro' the West;
[Till the red man dance
  By his red cedar tree,
And the red man's babe
  Leap, beyond the sea.]2
Blush from West to East,
  Blush from East to West,
Till the West is East,
  Blush it thro' the West.
Rosy is the West,
  Rosy is the South,
Roses are her cheeks.
  And a rose her mouth.

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Confirmed with Maud, and Other Poems. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate. A New Edition, London: Edward Moxon & Co., Dover Street, 1859.

1 Bridge, Liszt: "Over glowing ships"
2 omitted by Bridge.

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
Total word count: 244