Died for love (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by P. Grainger) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I wish my baby it e was born,
Lyin' smilin' on its father's knee,
And I was dead and in my grave,
And green gress growin' all over me.

Dig me my grave long, wide and deep,
Put a marbil stone at my head and feet;
But a turtle white dove put over above
For to let the world know that I died for love.

Authorship

Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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

Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961)

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