My sweetest bird
Language:
English
My sweetest bird that art encaged here,
How like (alas!) thine and my fortunes are.
Both sing, both singing thus
Strive to please him that hath imprisoned us.
Only in this we differ, thou and I:
Thou singing liv'st, I singing die.
Input by John Versmoren
Authorship
Based on
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Date added to the website: 2003-10-19.
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