by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Primer Lesson
Language: English
Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots; they walk off proud; they can't hear you calling -- Look out how you use proud words.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Primer Lesson", appears in Slabs of the Sunburnt West, 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), "Primer Lesson", 2009 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-07
Line count: 4
Word count: 44