by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954) and by Lyman Brewster (flourished c1888?)

Language: English 
One evening just at sunset we laid him in the grave;
Although a humble animal his heart was true and brave.
All the family joined us, in solemn march and slow,
From the garden place beneath the trees and where the sunflowers grow.

Authors confirmed as "Lyman Brewster and other Ives family members" in Crawford and Wierzbicki, Music in the United States of America, vol. 12, Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, American Musicological Society, 2004, p. 1

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