by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Summer is come
Language: English
Summer is come and winter gone. The days begin to grow long: and the birds everyone make joy with song. Still strong care bindeth me Despite the joy that's found in land, all for a child, that is so mild of hand.
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 Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "Summer is come", published 1958 [voice and piano], from Six chansons d'amour, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-04
Line count: 7
Word count: 42