Airy, fairy Lilian (James Coward)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-06). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 532 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Airy, fairy Lilian
Composer: James Coward
Lyricist: Alfred Tennyson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1874 Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Airy, Fairy Lilian,
Flitting, fairy Lilian,
When I ask her if she love me,
Claps her tiny hands above me,
Laughing all she can;
She’ll not tell me if she love me,
Cruel little Lilian.
Praying all I can,
If prayers will not hush thee,
Airy Lilian,
Like a rose-leaf I will crush thee,
Fairy Lilian.