She's like the swallow (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by B. Britten) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 She's like the swallow that flies so high,
 She's like the river that never runs dry,
 She's like the sunshine on the lee shore,
 I love my love and love is no more.

 'Twas out in the garden this fair maid did go,
 A-picking the beautiful primerose;
 The more she pluck'd the more she pulled
 Until she got her aperon full.

 It's out of those roses she made a bed,
 A stony pillow for her head.
 She laid her down, no word did say,
 Until this fair maid's heart did break.

 She's like the swallow that flies so high,
 She's like the river that never runs dry,
 She's like the sunshine on the lee shore,
 I love my love and love is no more.

Input by Virginia Knight

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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)

(Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

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