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19 Sep 06 - 12:41 AM (#1837982) Subject: Tune Req: A Birthday by Rossetti- melody request.. From: GUEST,accordiongirl Hi! Anyone out there know the melody to "A Birthday" (otherwise known as "My Heart is Like a Singing Bird')? I believe the tune's by a fellow named C. Hubert Parry. Cheers! |
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19 Sep 06 - 11:25 AM (#1838337) Subject: Lyr Add: A BIRTHDAY (Christina Rossetti) From: GUEST MY heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these, Because my love is come to me. Raise me a daïs of silk and down; Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me. |
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19 Sep 06 - 11:31 AM (#1838343) Subject: RE: Tune Req: A Birthday by Rossetti- melody request.. From: GUEST http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:vpqUd4AeQyQJ:www.musicair.co.uk/forsale.htm+%22my+heart+is+like+a+singing+bird%22,+mp3&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=4 Sound sample at the bottom of that page. |