The Beggar Maid
Music: Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) · Words: Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809–1892)
Her arms across her breast she laid:
She was more fair than words can say:
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The words
Her arms across her breast she laid:
She was more fair than words can say:
Barefooted came the beggar maid
barefooted came the beggar maid Before the
king Cophetua.
In robe and crown the king stept down,
To meet and greet her on her way;
“It is no wonder,” said the lords,
“It is no wonder,” said the lords,
“She is more beautiful than day,
she is more beautiful than day.”
And shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen:
One praised her ankles, one her eyes,
One her dark hair and lovesome mien,
and lovesome mien. So, sweet a face,
such angel grace, In all that land had never
been:
Cophetua sware a royal oath:
“This beggar maid shall be my queen,
my queen.”
About this song
- Music
- Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809–1892) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1880, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:04
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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- Not offered in
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