by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
It's an earth song,—
Language: English
It's an earth song,—
And I've been waiting long for an earth song.
It's a spring song,—
And I've been waiting long for a spring song.
Strong as the shoots of a new plant
Strong as the bursting of new buds
Strong as the coming of the first child from its mother's womb.
It's an earth song,
A body song,
A spring song,
I have been waiting long for this spring song.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "An Earth Song" [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 Shawn Okpebholo (b. 1981), "Earth Song", first performed 2022 [ voice and piano ], from Words like Freedom, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-04
Line count: 11
Word count: 73