Robert Cooke
 (1768 - 1814)

Sweet warbling bird, with dulcet tone
 (S.A.T.B.)
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Pub. 1805. Cooke was organist of Westminster Abbey and St Martin's in the Fields. A well-respected composer of glees, he won several prizes for his compositions.
Lyrics: Anon

Sweet warbling bird, with dulcet note,
To Sappho's breast repair;
There be thy captive woes forgot,
The loves are nested there.

And while thy strains thy tale impart,
Let this their burden be:
The pangs, which rend my master's heart,
Are all for love of thee.

Sweet warbling bird, if purest love
Thy little heart e'er knew,
Or if thy artless pipe e'er strove
Thy feather'd mate to woo,
Ah! then for me thy dulcet note display,
And my fond muse shall ever bless thy lay.