by Samuel Hoffenstein (1890 - 1947)
Hairless
Language: English
Babies haven’t any hair; Old men’s heads are just as bare; Between the cradle and the grave Lies a haircut and a shave.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Hairless", 1969 [ voice and piano ], from Take Five, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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