by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
What have they done to you
Language: English
What have they done to you, men of the masses creeping back and forth to work? What have they done to you, the saviours of the people? Oh what have they saved you from? Alas, they have saved you from yourself, from your own body, saved you from living your own life. And given you this jig-jig-jig tick-tick-ticking of machines, this life which is no-man’s-life. Oh a no-man’s-life in a no-man’s-land this is what they’ve given you in place of your own life.
Text Authorship:
- by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885 - 1930), "What Have They Done to You —?" [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 Ting Wei Americ Goh , "What have they done to you", 2017 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Songs on Men, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 83