by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Another day
Language: English
A bird outside my window, As I lay in bed, awake, Was singing, singing as though its heart would break And I wondered for a moment, What could the reason be, So I said, "You saucy songster, why sing so joyfully?" Just then I caught the glimmer in the mirror on the wall, of the first faint flush of morning, And I understood it all!
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Another day", published 1909 [ voice and piano ], The John Church Company  [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2020-10-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 65