Sad Stories

Song Cycle by Paul Salerni (b. 1951)

1. Snow sundown
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
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First published in The New Yorker, February 3, 1986.

2. Sad Stories Told in Bars: The Reader's Digest Version
 (Sung text)

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First I was born and it was tough on Mom
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  • by William Matthews , "Sad Stories Told in Bars: The Reader's Digest Version", copyright ©

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First published in The New Yorker

3. Garden on the Campagna
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First published in The New Yorker, August 8, 1983

4. The flutist
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My dreamy cousin, I see you standing on a ledge
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First published in The New Yorker, January 20, 1986

Total word count: 237