Recuerdo (Millay, set by J. Musto, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, J. Lessard, V. Bond, L. House) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


We were very tired, we were very merry -
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. 
It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable -
But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,
We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon; And
The whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon. 
We were very tired, we were very merry -
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;
[And] you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,
From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;
And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,
And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold. 
We were very tired, we were very merry -
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. 
We hailed "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head,
And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;
And she wept, "God bless you!" for the apples and pears,
And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.

Input by John Musto

Authorship

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

A Few Figs from Thistles

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Victoria Bond (1945-)

From an Antique Land

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

L. Margueritte House (1901-)

John Lessard (1920-)

John Musto (1954-)

Recuerdo

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