Here comes a lusty wooer
Language: English
Here comes a lusty wooer, My a dildin, my a daldin; Here comes a lusty wooer, Lily bright and shine-a! Pray, who do you woo? My a dildin, my a daldin, Pray, who do you woo? Lily bright and shine-a! I woo your fairest daughter, My a dildin, my a daldin; I woo your fairest daughter; Lily bright and shine-a! Then there she is for you, My a dildin, my a daldin; Then there she is for you, Lily bright and shine-a!
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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 Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "Here comes a lusty wooer", from Songs of wonder, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Down in yonder meadow", 1932, published 1932 [voice and piano], from Two Songs, no. 1. [text not verified]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Lily bright and shine-a", 1932, published 1932 [voice and piano], from Two Songs, no. 2. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 82