I saw three black pigs riding In a blue and yellow cart; Three black pigs riding to the fair Behind the old grey dappled mare, But it wasn't black pigs riding In a gay and gaudy cart That sent me into hiding With a flutter in my heart. I heard the cart returning, The jolting jingling cart; Returning empty from from the fair Behind the old jogtrotting mare But it wasn't the returning Of a clatt'ring empty cart, That sent the hot blood burning And throbbing thro' my heart.
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Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Girl's song", appears in Friends, first published 1916 [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 Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "Girl's song", op. 22 (Four Songs) no. 4 (1916), published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight
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