by Edgar Lee Masters (1868 - 1950)
Penniwit the Artist
Language: English
I lost my patronage in Spoon River From trying to put my mind in the camera To catch the soul of the person. The very best picture I ever took Was of Judge Somers, attorney at law. He sat upright and had me pause Till he got his cross-eye straight. Then when he was ready he said "all right." And I yelled "overruled" and his eye turned up. And I caught him just as he used to look When saying "I except."
Text Authorship:
- by Edgar Lee Masters (1868 - 1950), "Penniwit the Artist", appears in Spoon River Anthology, first published 1916 [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 Sam Raphling (b. 1910), "Penniwit the Artist", published 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Spoon River Anthology, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-26
Line count: 11
Word count: 82