by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Unsatisfied
Language: English
An old farmhouse with meadows wide, And sweet with clover on either side; A bright-eyed boy who looks from out The door, with woodbine wreathed about, And wishes this one thought all the day: "Oh, if I could but fly away From this dull spot, the world to see, How happy, how happy, I would be." Amid the city's constant din A man who round the world has been; Who 'mid the tumult and the throng Is thinking, thinking all day long: "Oh, could I only tread once more The field path to the farmhouse door, The old green meadows could I see, How happy, how happy I would be."
Confirmed with Weekly Messenger, 1922, December 22, page 7.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Unsatisfied" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Unsatisfied", op. 96 (10 Songs) no. 5 (1943) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-12
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