by Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879 - 1967 )
Gold is a metal
Language: English
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Gold is a metal Gold is a ring Gold is a very Beautiful thing. Gold is the sunshine Light and thin Warm as a muffin On your skin. Gold is the moon Gold are the stars; Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Mars, Gold is the color of Clover honey Gold is a certain Kind of money. Gold is alive In a flickering fish That lives its life In a crystal dish. Gold is the answer To many a wish. Gold is feeling Like a king It's like having the most Of everything – Long time ago I was told Yellow's mother's name Is gold...
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879 - 1967 ), "What is gold?" [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 Ruth Watson Henderson (1932 - 2026), "Gold", published 2002, copyright © 2000 [ sa chorus and piano ], from Adventures in Color, Earthsongs
Publisher: Earthsongs [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-05
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