by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
The seashell See original
Language: English
Sea-shell, Sea-shell,
Sing me a song, oh! Please!
A song of ships, and of sailormen,
of parrots, and tropical trees;
Of islands lost in the Spanish Main,
Which no man ever may see again,
Of fishes and corals under the waves,
And seahorses stabled in great green caves.
... Sea-shell, Sea-shell,
Sing of the things you know so well.
Composition:
- Set to music by Lita Grier , "The seashell", 1999, from 5 Songs For Children, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), appears in A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass, first published 1912
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Line count: 10
Word count: 59