Arthur J. Lamb

thumb| Arthur J. Lamb (12 August 1870 – 10 August 1928) was a British lyricist best known for the 1897 song "Asleep in the Deep" and the 1900 song A Bird in a Gilded Cage". He collaborated with many song-writers, including siblings Albert Von Tilzer and Harry Von Tilzer, Henry W. Petrie and Kerry Mills Quotes She's only a bird in a gilded cage, A beautiful sight to see, You may think she's happy and free from care, She's not, though she seems to be, 'Tis sad when you think of her wasted life, For youth cannot mate with age,    And her beauty was sold    For an old man's gold, She's a bird in a gilded cage. "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900), refrain External links Category:1870 births Category:1928 deaths Category:Songwriters from England