Yonder stands a lovely creature
Language: English
Yonder stands a lovely creature, Who she is I do not know: I'll go and court her for her beauty, Let her answer, "yes" or "no". "Madam, I am come to court you, If your favour I can gain: First your hand, love, then your welcome, P'rhaps that I'll not come again." "Madam, I have gold and silver, Madam, I have house and land: Madam, I have the world of pleasure, All to be at your command." "What care I for gold and silver, What care I for house and land? What care I for the world of pleasure, So long as I've got a nice young man?" "Ripest apples soonest rotten, Hottest love it soon gets cold: Young men's words are soon forgotten, So pray, young man, don't speak too bold." "After nettles then come roses, After night then in comes day: After a false love then a true love, So we pass our time away."
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 George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885 - 1916), "Yonder stands a lovely creature", from Folk Songs from Sussex, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 157