by William Smyth (1765 - 1849)
Come, Darby dear! Easy, be easy
Language: English
Come, Darby dear! Easy, be easy, So be sure, and it may not well please ye; But she's gone, as I said, With young Pat to be wed, And in vain will we fret, 'Till we're crazy. And troth! He's proper fine creature, Of mighty good figure and feature, And our daughter Kitty, Why she's young and pretty - O Darby dear! Is not nature? They're tied before this, never fear them, So love and good luck ever cheer them, And faith in a crack They'll be all coming back - By the virgin! - The Piper! I hear them. And it was, and it is always thus now, So no longer be making a fuss now: Cross words and uncivil Och, pitch to the devil! And give your old woman a buss now.
Authorship:
- by William Smyth (1765 - 1849) [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Come, Darby dear! Easy, be easy", WoO. 153 (20 Irische Lieder mit Begleitung von Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncello) no. 17, G. 224 no. 17, published 1814/6 [ voice, piano, violin, violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Pertz) , "Komm, Darby! Gelassen, gelassen"
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 22
Word count: 134