by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Ohio Farmer See base text
Language: English
Bury this old Ohio farmer with respect. He slept the Ohio nights of his life after days of work in Ohio cornfields. Now he goes on a long sleep. The wind he listened to in the cornsilk and the tassels, the wind that combed his red beard zero mornings when the snow lay white on the yellow ears in the bushel basket at the corncrib, The same wind will now blow over the place here where his hands must dream of Ohio corn.
Composition:
- Set to music by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Ohio Farmer", 1978 [ baritone and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Illinois Farmer"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-10-21
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