As I laye a-thynkynge

"As I laye a-thynkynge" is the last poem written by "Thomas Ingoldsby" (Richard Barham).

It was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar.

The song was published in 1888 by Beare & Son,[1] though may have been written in the previous year.

It is a song for soprano or tenor.

Elgar omitted the two verses enclosed in square brackets [ ] – the fifth and sixth verses of the poem.