Three Songs

Song Cycle by Peter Billam (b. 1948)

1. From the 228'th chorus of Mexico City Blues

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2. All you who sleep tonight  [sung text not yet checked]

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All you who sleep tonight
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  • by Vikram Seth (b. 1952), "All you who sleep tonight", copyright ©

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3. In my craft or sullen art  [sung text not yet checked]

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In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms,
I labor by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of charms
On the ivory stages
But for the common wages
Of their most secret heart.

Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and psalms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no praise or wages
Nor heed my craft or art.

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Total word count: 152