© by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986) and by Wolcott Gibbs (1902 - 1958)
Declaration of independence
Language: English
He will just do nothing at all [ ... ]
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Note: Wolcott Gibbs writes in Backward Ran Sentences that the text was sent to him by a young mother he knew who took it down from her son's singing in the bathtub. The text is therefore sometimes attributed to Wolcott Gibbs. It was modified from its original form by Celius Dougherty.
Note: Wolcott Gibbs writes in Backward Ran Sentences that the text was sent to him by a young mother he knew who took it down from her son's singing in the bathtub. The text is therefore sometimes attributed to Wolcott Gibbs. It was modified from its original form by Celius Dougherty.
Authorship:
- by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), copyright © 1939 by New Yorker [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Wolcott Gibbs (1902 - 1958), copyright © 1939 by New Yorker [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "Declaration of independence", published 1939. [SSA chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 142