by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Here we come a‑piping
Language: English
Here we come a-piping In Spring time and in May; Green fruit a ripening, And Winter fled away, The Queen she sits upon the strand Fair as a lily, white as a wand; Seven billows on the sea, Horses riding fast and free, And bells beyond the sand.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Nicholas Marshall (b. 1942), "Here we come a-piping", published 2001 [voice, recorder, and piano], from the collection Seven Short Songs for voice, recorder and piano, no. 1, Manchester, Forsyth Publications [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-02
Line count: 9
Word count: 48