by Muna Lee (1895 - 1965)
The singer
Language: English
I would sing with my lips to the lips of a sea-shell, I would sing to the thrush and the cardinal bird, I would sing though the singing breezes heard me, Though the tall field grasses and light rains heard. For I have a song that is fit for the singing, And a song unmatched till the world be done, Though never a heart on the wide world heed it But mine and another one!
Text Authorship:
- by Muna Lee (1895 - 1965), appears in Sea-change, Macmillan Co., first published 1923 [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The singer", op. 117 (Three Songs) no. 1, published 1925, copyright © 1923 [ voice and piano ]
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-09-06
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