A lawyer he went out (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by G. Butterworth) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A lawyer he went out one day,
A riding through the city,
It was there he met with a handsome maid,
And he thought her so sweet and pretty.

"Good morning to you, pretty maid,
O whither are you going?"
"I am going a-down yonder meadow," she said,
"Where my father he is a-mowing."

"I'll take you up to London town,
And all such lovely places,
I will busk you into a silken gown,
Gold rings and gold chains and laces."

"I'll have none of your London town,
Nor any other places,
I will not be busked into a silen gown,
Gold rings and gold chains and laces."

And now she is a poor man's wife,
Her husband dearly loves her,
And she lives a sweet and contented life,
There's no lady in town above her.

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)

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885-1916)

Folk Songs from Sussex

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