Cuckoo! (Belloc, set by P. James) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


In woods so long time bare,
Cuckoo ! 
Up and in the wood, I know not where 
Two notes fall. 
Yet I do not envy him at all 
His phantasy. 
Cuckoo!

I too, 
Somewhere, 
I have sung as merrily as he 
Who can dare, 
Small and careless lover, so to laugh at care, 
And who 
Can call 
Cuckoo ! 

In woods of winter weary, 
In scented woods, of winter weary, call 
Cuckoo ! 
In woods so long time bare.

Authorship

(Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)

Verses and Sonnets

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

Phyllis M. James

Date added to the website: 2009-01-16.

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