When the cows come home the milk is...

When the cows come home the milk is coming,
Honey's made while the bees are humming;
Duck and drake on the rushy lake,
And the deer live safe in the breezy brake;
And timid, funny, brisk little bunny,
Winks his nose and sits all sunny.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) , no title, from Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, published 1872

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

by Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956) , "When the cows come home", published 1925 [voice and piano], from Kikirikee
by Olive Woodman , "Bunny", published 1923, lines 5-6 [unaccompanied voice], from Songs of Childhood

Date added to the website: 2009-01-02.

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