Three Little Americana Songs

Song Cycle by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

1. Nature
(Sung text)

Language: English

When a man is sitting before the fire on the hearth, he says,
"Nature is a simple affair."
Then he looks out the window and sees a hailstorm, and begins to think that 
"Nature can't be so eas'ly disposed of."

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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2. Ann Street
(Sung text)

Language: English

Quaint name, Ann street.
Width of same, ten feet.
Barnums mob - Ann street,
Far from obsolete.

Narrow, yes. Ann street,
But business, both feet.
(Nassau crosses Ann Street)
Sun just hits Ann street,
Then it quits - some greet!
Rather short, Ann street...

Text Authorship:

by Maurice Morris

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ann Street", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

First published in The New York Herald, 1921

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3. Like a sick eagle
(Sung text)

Language: English

My spirit is too weak; mortality 
Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep,
And each imagined pinnacle and steep
Of godlike hardship tells me I must die,
Like a sick eagle looking towards the sky.
 ...

Text Authorship:

by John Keats (1795 - 1821), "On seeing the Elgin Marbles for the first time"

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Total word count: 117

Three Little Americana Songs

Song Cycle by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

1. Nature (Sung text)

2. Ann Street (Sung text)

3. Like a sick eagle (Sung text)

1. Nature
(Sung text)

2. Ann Street
(Sung text)

3. Like a sick eagle
(Sung text)