by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984)
To Karen, singing
Language: English
Hearing my little Karen sing is different from anything that’s happened yet to me. There is no sound that floats on air with such delight in being there as her child ecstasy. I can’t hope that the songs I write will ever be so fresh and bright as yours, my sweetest child. But I believe that they shall stem from roots far deeper since on them your little songs have smiled.
Authorship:
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984) [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "To Karen, singing", 1944, published 1944 [voice and piano], confirmed with Songs by John Duke, ed. Ruth C. Friedberg, Volume 4, Southern Music Co., San Antonio, 1987 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-03-06
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Word count: 71