by Mabel Lunde
Sell me a dream
Language: English
Ah, maker of dreams, could you weave me a dream of a home coming soldier's boy with the old sweet smile on his nutbrown face, and his eyes telling tales in their joy? Could you send him back in his batter'd old plane with a whir and a whiz thro' the air, To a dear little cottage in a wee western town, and have me waiting there? Could you blot out the long, the lonely years that have gone since he fell and the best of me died! "What is it you're saying, O maker of dreams?" Ah, no, I cannot, I have tried!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Sell me a dream", op. 112 no. 5. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-30
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Word count: 104