O bed in my mother’s house with sheets as white as May With blankets wove of carded wool and scented with new-mown hay With the poke of the feathered down from her snow-white plumy geese Oh, bed of mine in my mother’s house With sleep that was dreamy peace Oh, far have I walked forlorn Oh, bed that my mother made I would that your sheet might be my shroud And I in earth be laid.
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Text Authorship:
- by (Julia) May Folwell Hoisington (1894 - 1955) [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 Florence Bea Price (1887 - 1953), "Travels' End" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-20
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