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by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

Come, I will make the continent...
Language: English 
Come, I will make the continent indissoluble,
I will make the most splendid race the sun ever yet shone upon;
I will make divine magnetic lands,
  With the love of comrades,
  With the life-long love of comrades.

I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and 
along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies,
I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other's necks,
  By the love of comrades,
    By the manly love of comrades.

For you these, from me, O Democracy, to serve you, ma femme!
For you! for you, I am trilling these songs,
  In the love of comrades,
    In the high-towering love of comrades.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "A song", appears in Leaves of Grass [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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "For You O Democracy", note: surname initials are D. F. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), "The Love of Comrades", op. 17 no. 4, published 1928 [ voice, piano ], from Six songs of manhood, no. 4, note: actual text of setting differs from original - exact changes not currently in database [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marcel Gustave Frank (b. 1906?9), "For You O Democracy", published 1955 [ mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Irving Gertz (b. 1915), "For You O Democracy", published 1959 [ mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Everett Helm (1913 - 1999), "For You O Democracy" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Kleinsinger (b. 1914), "Ode to Democracy", published 1941 [ SATB chorus, baritone, piano or orchestra ], from I Hear America Singing [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Noël Lee (1924 - 2013), "I will make the Continent", 1976 [ soprano or tenor, clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano ], from Songs of Calamus, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Noël Lee (1924 - 2013), "I will plant Companionship", 1976 [ soprano or tenor, clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano ], from Songs of Calamus, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Homer Albert Norris (1860?5 - 1920), no title, published 1903 [ vocal trio for soprano, tenor, and baritone, with piano ], from The Flight of the Eagle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Harold White (1884 - 1945), "Love of Comrades" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Zuckmayer (b. 1890), "Kameradschaft (For You, O Democracy)", published 1932 [ unison chorus or solo voice and strings or woodwinds ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2005-12-15
Line count: 14
Word count: 118

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