by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
The railroad track is miles away
Language: English
The railroad track is miles away, And the day is loud with voices speaking, Yet there isn't a train goes by all day But I hear its whistle shrieking. All night there isn't a train goes by, Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming But I see its cinders red on the sky, And hear its engine steaming. My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), appears in Second April, first published 1921 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Travel", 2013 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joel Balzun (b. 1990), "The railroad track", 2011 [ vocal duet for tenor and baritone with piano ], from The strong, the strange, and the humble, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "Travel", op. 51 (Five Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay) no. 3 (1983) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lynn Steele (1951 - 2002), "Travel" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Seven Songs of Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Victoria Brago
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 89