The yellow daisy (Deland, set by A. Beach, E. MacDowell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


What's his heart Sweetheart, Sweetheart!
What's his heart?
Very often I've been told
Of his yellow shining gold
But the gold's the smallest part
Of love, Sweetheart, Sweetheart!
Of a happy love, Sweetheart!
 
Is it true, my dear, is it true
That his heart's a rusty brown?
Nay my sweetheart do not frown,
Better know it's brown and sere,
Now than when too late, My dear, my dear
When too late, My dear!

Input by Lidy van Noordenburg

Authorship

Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857-1945)

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

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944)

Three Flower Songs

Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908)

From an old garden (six songs)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

DUT

Dutch

GER

German

Date added to the website: 2008-03-17.

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