Once a lady was here [ ... ]
Secret Words: A Suite of Six Songs
Song Cycle by Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999)
1. Once a lady was here  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999), copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. In the woods  [sung text checked 1 time]
In the woods she hears a bird [ ... ]
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- by Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999), copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
3. April Fool Baby  [sung text checked 1 time]
It seems to be a note to she the sweet sweetie But actually it's April Fool to tender she My sweetie April fun of fool which is me for my sweetie Dear April which made she to be All to he April Fool to his sweetie which is she Tenderly excessively sweetily My April Fool baby
Authorship:
- by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
4. Farther from the heart  [sung text not yet checked]
Oh, I'm sad for never knowing courage [ ... ]
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- by Jane Auer Bowles (1917 - 1973), "Song of an Old Woman", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
5. My Sister's hand in mine  [sung text checked 1 time]
I dreamed I climbed upon a cliff [ ... ]
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- by Jane Auer Bowles (1917 - 1973), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
6. Secret words  [sung text checked 1 time]
For within your face I saw the night [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999), copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Total word count: 523