Sweet blue-eyed maid (Gardner, set by E. MacDowell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Sweet blue-eyed maid,
Where goest thou?
Art thou afraid,
To meet me now?
Come tell me pray,
Who hath thy heart?
Or doth it beat
Without love's smart?
Ha, ha! thy cheeks,
Say thou art mine,
No lover seeks a truer sign,
Thy cheeks say thou art mine.
Dear heart I know
Thou lov'st but me,
Thine eyes say so,
They speak for thee.
Thy cheeks say thou art mine.
I know thou lov'st but me.

Authorship

William Henry Gardner (1865-1932)

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

Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908)

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