Horses in front of me, Horses behind, But mine is the best one, He never looks down. He rises and falls As if there were waves, But he never goes under, Oh, music, oh, mine. He is steady and strong, And he knows I am here, He says he is glad That I picked him to ride. But he hasn't a name. I told him my own, And he only went faster, Oh, music, oh, mine. Around and around, And the people out there Don't notice how happy I am, I am. The others are too, But I am the most, The most, the most, Oh, music, oh, mine.
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Authorship:
- by Mark van Doren (1894 - 1972), "Merry-go-round", appears in Good Morning [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Merry-go-round", 1974 [ high voice and piano ], from Good Morning! A Cycle of Six Songs for High Voice, no. 6, Southern/Texas [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2006-04-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 109