Dear Husband (Newby, set by K. Mechem) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 "Dear Husband:
 Come this fall without fail.
 I want to see you so much.
 That is the one bright hope I have.
 If you do not get me,
 Somebody else will.
 It is said that Master will sell me;
 Then all my hopes will fade.
 If I thought I should never see you again,
 This earth would have no charms for me.
 The baby has started to crawl.
 The other children are well.
 Oh that blessed hour
 When I shall see you once more!
 You must write to me soon
 And say when you can come."

Authorship

Harriet Newby

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

Kirke Mechem (1925-)

To an Absent Love

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