Behind the blinds I sit and watch The people passing - passing by; And not a single one can see My tiny watching eye. They cannot see my little room, All yellowed with the shaded sun; They do not even know I'm here; Nor'll guess when I am gone.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The window", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 2. Boys and Girls, no. 7, first published 1913 [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 Edward Allam , "The window", published <<1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eileen Belchamber , "The window", published <<1951 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901 - 1947), "The window", published 1927 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Three Songs from "Peacock Pie" [sung text not yet checked]
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