by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Gentlemen, I will be very
Language: English
Gentlemen, I will be very plain with you. — I see in my country many great qualities — I see in America not merely the home of Americans, but the home of the needy and down-kept races of the whole earth. — I know just as well as you the terrible effects of ages and degradation and caste. — It is a real truth — it is a black and bloody lesson — A. Baker, Boots 15 Ann st Stout boots $4 Double water proof 4.50
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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Diaries [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 Michael Ippolito (b. 1985), "Gentlemen, I will be very", 2013 [soprano and piano], from Walt Whitman's Notebook, no. 3, confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-20
Line count: 19
Word count: 86