by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Alabama earth
Language: English
While over Alabama earth These words are gently spoken: Serve -- and hate will die unborn. Love -- and chains are broken.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Alabama earth", appears in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, first published 1932 [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 Harold W. Stilson , "Alabama earth", published 1956 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 20