Ballad

It was not in the Winter
Our loving lot was cast;
It was the time of roses -
We plucked them as we passed!

That churlish season never frowned
On early lovers yet:
O no - the world was newly crowned
With flowers when we met!

'Twas twilight, and I bade you go,
But still you held me fast;
It was the time of roses -
We plucked them as we passed!

by Thomas Hood (1799-1845) , "Ballad", from Literary Souvenirs, published 1827

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

by David Arditti (1964-) , "The time of roses", op. 2 no. 4 (1985-99), first performed 1990, from Thoughts of Youth, no. 4.
by Alice Barnett (1886-1975) , "The time of roses", c1926. [soprano and piano]
by Herbert Bunning (1863-1937) , "It was the time of roses", published 1892.
by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1856-1943) , "It was not in the winter", published <<1929. [voice and piano]
by Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) , "The time of roses", published 1896. [voice and piano]
by Eleanor Everest Freer (1864-1942) , "Time of roses", op. 4 no. 9, published 1905 [voice and piano], from A Book of Songs, no. 9.
by Thomas George Beverley Halley , "It was the time of roses", published 1876. [voice and piano]
by Sidney Homer (1864-1953) , "It was the time of roses", op. 10 (Three Poems of Thomas Hood) no. 1, published 1903. [voice and piano]
by Sir Alexander Campbell MacKenzie (1847-1935) , "It was the time of roses", published 1885 [voice and piano], from Eighteen Songs
by Grace Mays , "The time of roses", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by J. Ainslie Murray , "In time of roses", published 1936. [voice and piano]
by Charles Wilfred Orr (1893-1976) , "The time of roses", published 1960 [tenor and piano], from Album of Four Songs, no. ?
by Alexander Paucker (1905-1972) , "Time of roses" [voice, piano, and violoncello ad lib], under the pseudonym Francis Chagrin
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "The time of roses", published 1928. [voice and piano]
by Sir Hugh Stevenson Roberton (1874-1952) , "It was the time of roses", published 1914. [SATB a cappella]
by Matilda Scalé , "The time of roses", published 1884. [voice and piano]
by M. Scriblerus , "It was the time of roses", published 1880. [voice and piano]
by Cedric Sharpe (1891-) , "It was the time of roses", published 1933. [voice and piano]
by Frederick James Simpson (1856-) , "It was not in the winter", published 1888 [TTB a cappella], from Three-Part Songs
by T. Wallace Southam , "Time of roses", published 1966 [voice and piano], from Poetry Set in Jazz
by Rudolph Werther (1896-?) , "Time of roses", published 1968. [voice and piano]

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