Nature's friend (Davies, set by M. Head) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Say what you like, 
All things love me! 
I pick no flowers -- 
That wins the Bee. 

The Summer's Moths 
Think my hand one -- 
To touch their wings -- 
With Wind and Sun. 

The garden Mouse 
Comes near to play; 
Indeed, he turns 
His eyes away. 

The Wren knows well 
I rob no nest; 
When I look in. 
She still will rest. 

The hedge stops Cows, 
Or they would come 
After my voice 
Right to my home. 

The Horse can tell, 
Straight from my lip. 
My hand could not 
Hold any whip. 

Say what you like, 
All things love me! 
Horse, Cow, and Mouse, 
Bird, Moth and Bee.

Authorship

William Henry Davies (1871-1940)

Nature Poems and Others

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

Michael Head (1900-1976)

Songs of the Countryside

Date added to the website: 2009-01-15.

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