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Not Waving but Drowning
Song Cycle by Douglas Young (b. 1947)
?. The bereaved swan
Authorship:
- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "The bereaved swan", appears in a good time was had by all, first published 1937
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?. Night‑time in the cemetery
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- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "Night-time in the cemetery", appears in a good time was had by all, first published 1937
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?. A father for a fool
Little Master Home-from-School . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "A father for a fool", appears in Tender Only to One, first published 1938
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?. Not waving but drowning
Nobody heard him, the dead man . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "Not waving but drowning", appears in Not Waving but Drowning, first published 1957
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?. Come on, come back
Left by the ebbing tide of battle . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "Come on, come back", appears in Not Waving but Drowning, first published 1957
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?. The magic morning
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- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "The magic morning", appears in Mother, What is Man?, first published 1942
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