The bean flower (Sayers, set by E. Moeran) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


The hawthorn brave upon the green
She hath a drooping smell and sad,
But God put scent unto the bean
To drive each lass unto her lad.

And woe betide the weary hour,
For my love is in Normandy,
And Oh! The Scent of the bean flower
Is like a burning fire in me.

Fair fall the lusty thorn,
She hath not curses at my hand,
But would the man were never born
That sowed the bean along his land!

Input by Iain Sneddon

Authorship

Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957)

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

Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950)

Two songs

Date added to the website: 2009-06-13.

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