by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
Factory windows are always broken
Language: English
Factory windows are always broken. Somebody's always throwing bricks, Somebody's always heaving cinders, Playing ugly Yahoo tricks. Factory windows are always broken. Other windows are let alone. No one throws through the chapel-window The bitter, snarling, derisive stone. Factory windows are always broken. Something or other is going wrong. Something is rotten -- I think, in Denmark. End of the factory-window song.
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- by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "Factory windows are always broken" [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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "The factory window song", 2005, first performed 2005 [tenor and baritone with violin, viola, cello and piano], from Here and Gone, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
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Word count: 61