To a little red spider (Cunnington, set by L. Lehmann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


And what have ye come to bring,
Ye wee little scrap of a thing?
Sure 'tis a long way down from the ceiling,
A long way down for to swing.

And you, an atom so small,
How found ye the way at all?
Sure, 'tis a long way down from the  ceiling,
A long way down for to fall.

Small wizard, ye came to me,
Saying 'Good hope for thee!
Sure, 'tis a long, long night has no morning,
With no fresh dawn for to see!'

And that's what ye came to bring,
Ye wee little scrap of a thing!
Sure, all the long way down from the ceiling,
Such a long way down for to swing.

Authorship

L. Ann Cunnington

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

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

Date added to the website: 2009-01-12.

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