Rantum Tantum (Neuberg, set by P. Warlock) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Who'll play at Rantum Tantum
 Over the fields in May?
 Oh, maidens fair, 'od grant 'em
 Rantum Tantum play!

 The dawning fields are rimy,
 White in the sunrise way,
 But oh! the fields smell thymy
 Later in the day.

 And oh! may the fields be pearly
 With dawn and virgin dew,
 And may my love come early
 And may my love be true...

 Oh, the fields are green in daytime
 And the trees are white in May,
 And Rantum Tantum
 Maytime's the time for lovers' play.

Authorship

Victor Neuberg (1873-1940)

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

Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym]

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