by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986)
Language: English
There is a star that runs very fast, That goes pulling the moon Through the tops of the poplars. It is all in silver, That tall star: The moon rolls goldenly along Out of breath. Mr. Moon, does he make you hurry?
Composition:
- Set to music by Joshua Shank (b. 1980), "Moon Song", first performed 2005 [ ssaa chorus and piano ], from Three Nightsongs, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986), "Moon Song", appears in Poems by a Little Girl
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