© by Mari Evans (b. 1923)
The alarm clock See original
Language: English
Alarm clock [ ... ]
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Note: in Baker's setting, in stanza 2, line 5, "away" becomes "a long way" in the repetition.
Composition:
- Set to music by David Nathaniel Baker, Jr. (b. 1931), "The alarm clock", from The Black Experience, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Mari Evans (b. 1923), "The alarm clock", appears in I am a Black Woman, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., first published 1970, copyright ©
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Word count: 77