by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
I can't abear
Language: English
I can't abear a butcher, I can't abide his meat, The ugliest shop of all is his, The ugliest in the street; Bakers' are warm, cobblers' dark Chemists' burn watery lights; But oh, the sawdust butchers shop That ugliest of sights.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "I can't abear", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 9, first published 1913 [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 Bainbridge Crist (1883 - 1969), "I can't abear", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 41