by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Soup
Language: English
I saw the famous man eating soup. I say he was lifting a fat broth Into his mouth with a spoon. His name was in the newspapers that day Spelled out in tall black headlines And thousands of people were talking about him. When I saw him, He sat bending his head over a plate Putting soup in his mouth with a spoon.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Soup", appears in Smoke and Steel, first published 1920 [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), "Soup", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 63