by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Bricklayer Love
Language: English
I thought of killing myself because I am only a bricklayer
and you a woman who loves the man who runs a drug store.
I don't care like I used to; I lay bricks straighter than I
used to and I sing slower handling the trowel afternoons.
When the sun is in my eyes and the ladders are shaky and the
mortar boards go wrong, I think of you.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Bricklayer Love", appears in Cornhuskers, first published 1918 [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 Rupert Hughes (1872 - 1956), "Bricklayer Love", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Free Verse Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-07-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 69