Fortune's wheel (Tabley, set by W. Alwyn) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 I had a true love, none so dear,
 and a friend both leal and tried.
 I had a cask of good old beer,
 And a gallant horse to ride.

 A little while did fortune smile
 On him and her and me.
 We sang along the road of life
 Like birds upon a tree.

 My lady fell to shame and hell,
 And with her took my friend.
 My cask ran sour, my horse went lame,
 So alone in the cold I end.

Authorship

Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley (1835-1895)

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

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

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