by Max Ellison (1914 - 1985)
I’ll Not Forget
Language: English
In a single file, my brain has set a list of things I’ll not forget; A sudden rain on roof or barn, The grayness on a bark of Beech. Some cowbells Heard through morning fog; The barking of a country dog that knows no fright, And yet must talk back To the night I’ll not forget the woodsmoke smell of pine, Or the cowbird when the hay was new. I’ll not forget the thrill of Love or you!
Text Authorship:
- by Max Ellison (1914 - 1985) [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 Jeraldine Saunders Herbison (b. 1941), "I’ll Not Forget", published 2021, copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Five Art Songs, no. 3, Southern Illinois University Press Classical Vocal Reprints [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-25
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Word count: 78