by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Summer Stars
Language: English
Bend low again, night of summer stars. So near you are, sky of summer stars, So near, a long arm man can pick off stars, Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl, So near you are, summer stars, So near, strumming, strumming, So lazy and hum-strumming.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Summer Stars", appears in Smoke and Steel, first published 1920 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Summer stars", 2010 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elinor Remick Warren (1900 - 1991), "Summer Stars", published 1950 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Singing Earth, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-07
Line count: 7
Word count: 48