O my Luve's like a red, red rose

O my Luve's like a red, red rose 
  That's newly sprung in June: 
O my Luve's like the melodie 
  That's sweetly play'd in tune. 

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 
  So deep in luve am I: 
And I will luve thee still, my dear, 
  Till a' the seas gang dry: 

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, 
  And the rocks melt wi' the sun; 
I will luve thee still, my dear, 
  While the sands o' life shall run. 

And fare thee weel, my only Luve! 
  And fare thee weel a while! 
And I will come again, my Luve, 
  Tho' it were ten thousand mile.

by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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

by David Arditti (1964-) , "O My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose", op. 1 no. 2, first performed 1994, from Burns Songs, no. 2.
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "The red rose"
by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944) , "My luve is like a red, red rose", op. 12 (Three Songs) no. 3 (1887). [treble voice and piano]
by Ernest Gold (1921-) , "A red, red rose"
by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910-1998) , "A red, red rose" [voice and piano], from Five Burns Songs, no. 1.
by John G. Koch (1928-) , "O my Luve's like a red, red rose"
by George Theophilus Walker (1922-) , "A red, red rose"

by Gustav Eggers (1835-1861) , "Die rothe, rothe Ros'", op. 11 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4, published 1862. [voice and piano]
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb", op. 27 no. 2 (1840).

by Friedrich Niggli (1875-1959) , "Mein Lieb ist wie die Rose rot", published 195-? [men's chorus]

by (Isador) George Henschel (1850-1934) , "Mein Lieb, das ist ein Röslein rot", op. 12 no. 2 (187-?)

by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Mein Lieb ist eine rote Ros'", op. 31 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1870?

by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839-1901) , "Mein Schatz ist eine rote Ros'", op. 26 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3 (1860), published 1871. [medium voice and piano]

by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850-1900) , "Má dívenka jak růže", op. 12 (Šestero písní) no. 1, H. 237 no. 1 (1872).

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Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb

Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb,
Im Junimond erblüht,
Mein Lieb ist eine Melodei,
Vor der die Seele glüht;

Wie schön du bist, geliebte Maid,
Wie wird das Herz mir schwer,
Und lieben wird's dich immerdar,
Bis trocken Strom und Meer.

Und würden trocken Strom und Meer,
Und schmölzen Fels und Stein,
Ich würde dennoch lebenslang
Dir Herz und Seele weih'n.

Nun, holdes Liebchen, lebe wohl!
Leb' wohl, du süße Maid!
Bald kehr' ich wieder, wär' ich auch
Zehntausend Meilen weit.

by Wilhelm Gerhard

a text in English by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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

by Gustav Eggers (1835-1861) , "Die rothe, rothe Ros'", op. 11 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4, published 1862. [voice and piano]
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb", op. 27 no. 2 (1840).

Date added to the website: 2003-11-19.