Ann Street
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
Quaint name, Ann street. Width of same, ten feet. Barnums mob - Ann street, Far from obsolete. Narrow, yes. Ann street, But business, both feet. (Nassau crosses Ann Street) Sun just hits Ann street, Then it quits - some greet! Rather short, Ann street...
First published in The New York Herald, 1921
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
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), "Ann Street", 1985 [medium voice and piano], from Three Little Americana Songs, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Ann Street", 1921 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ann Street", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 42