I can't say I enjoyed it, but the pay was good. Oh how I weep and toil in this world of wood! Longing in the city for the pursuit of beautiful scenery, I earn my bread upon the Stage, amid painted greenery. I have a poet's mind but a poor exterior, What goes on inside me is superior.
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Text Authorship:
- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "The actress", appears in Mother, What is Man?, first published 1942 [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 (Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 - 1983), "The actress", 1948, published 1948 [ voice and piano ], from Stevie Smith Songs, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
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