by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971)
Not waving but drowning
Language: English
Nobody heard him, the dead man
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Text Authorship:
- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "Not waving but drowning", appears in Not Waving but Drowning, first published 1957
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Douglas Young (b. 1947), "Not waving but drowning", 1970 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Not Waving but Drowning
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