2007
With Rue My Heart is Laden
Composed by 
Bob Scher
Bob Scher Text by 
A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman Five Songs from “A Shropshire Lad” Song Collection
"With Rue My Heart is Laden" is the fifth and final song of Bob Scher's Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad". The song cycle sets the poetry of A. E. Housman.
Text
With Rue My Heart is Laden
by A. E. Housman
With rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had,
For many a rose-lipt maiden
And many a lightfood lad.
By brooks too broad for leaping
The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade.
Related Information
Bob Scher Official Website
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*”With Rue My Heart is Laden” (from “Five Songs from “A Shropshire Lad””)
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