Texts by U. Smith set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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• As it was in the old days, so it is now - U. Smith *
• He Hath Anointed Me (Like the child, Samuel, of old) - U. Smith [possibly misattributed] *
• His mother rocked him gently and slow - U. Smith *
• His Mother rocked him, oh, how she rocked him - U. Smith *
• I Want to Die While You Love Me (I want to die while you love me) - U. Smith
• I want to die while you love me - U. Smith
• Like the child, Samuel, of old [possibly misattributed] - U. Smith *
• O happy childhood—In the clay— - U. Smith *
• Oh she rocked him - U. Smith *
• Prologue (…What is precious is never to forget) - U. Smith *
• Ring Game (O happy childhood—In the clay—) - U. Smith *
• Songs at the Cradle, No.1 (His mother rocked him gently and slow) - U. Smith *
• Songs at the Cradle, No. 2 (His Mother rocked him, oh, how she rocked him) - U. Smith *
• Songs at the Cradle, No. 3 (Oh she rocked him) - U. Smith *
• Tell All My Father’s People (Woe./ Tell all my father’s people) - U. Smith *
• …What is precious is never to forget - U. Smith *
• Whenever a People is Oppressed They Wait in Hope (As it was in the old days, so it is now) - U. Smith *
• Woe./ Tell all my father’s people - U. Smith *

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