by William Brighty Rands (1823 - 1882)
Fairy chimes
Language: English
You cannot count the blue-bells That are upon the heath, — The ferns are tall and stately, The bells hang underneath; But I can count the tassels As big as flowers of clover That hang on baby's curtain, The curtain that hangs over. And when I rock the cradle The tassels swing and swing, And they make fairy music, And baby hears them ring : Ding-dong in the morning, And in the evening, too, Rhyme, chime, in fairy-time, Baby, dear, for you.
Authorship:
- by William Brighty Rands (1823 - 1882) [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 Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Fairy chimes", 1902 [ voice or vocal quartet and piano ], from More daisies: new songs of childhood, no. 12 [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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