© by Mari Evans (b. 1923)
Early in the mornin'
Language: English
early in the mornin [ ... ]
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1 omitted by Baker
2 Baker: "if-a"
3 Baker: "gonna"
4 Baker: "down on"
5 Baker inserts "yeah yeah"
6 Baker: "a flyin'"
7 omitted by Baker
8 Baker: "as far"
9 Baker: "his shoes"
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1 omitted by Baker
2 Baker: "if-a"
3 Baker: "gonna"
4 Baker: "down on"
5 Baker inserts "yeah yeah"
6 Baker: "a flyin'"
7 omitted by Baker
8 Baker: "as far"
9 Baker: "his shoes"
Authorship:
- by Mari Evans (b. 1923), "early in the mornin", appears in I am a Black Woman, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., first published 1970, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time 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 David Nathaniel Baker, Jr. (b. 1931), "Early in the mornin'", from The Black Experience, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-11
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Word count: 140