In dreamland
Language: English
"Oh, tell me pretty Alice, oh tell me, I pray — Where have you wandered this mid-summer day ?" "I have heen travelling in a far-away land," Pretty Alice replied, with a wave of her hand. "But I see no dust on your white silken hose, And your gown is as fresh as the wild pink rose." "In that far-away country all highways are clean As the silvery sands, and all valleys are green." "But your step is so light and so merry your smile, How can you have travelled so many a mile?" "The brooks, they have help'd me, the birds with their wings, The bees and the blossoms and numberless things." Ensemble: "The brooks they have helped her, the birds with their wings, The bees and the blossoms and numberless things."
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 Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "In dreamland", 1902 [ voice or vocal quartet and piano ], from More daisies: new songs of childhood, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-04
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Word count: 133