by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919)
And What Shall You Say?
Language: English
Brother, come! And let us go unto our God. And when we stand before Him I shall say -- "Lord, I do not hate, I am hated. I scourge no one, I am scourged. I covet no lands, My lands are coveted. I mock no peoples, My people are mocked." And, brother, what shall you say?
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919), first published <<1922 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "And What Shall You Say?", 2008 [medium voice or high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 56