by Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
What's the railroad to me?
Language: English
What's the railroad to me? I never go to see Where it ends. It fills a few hollows, And makes banks for the swallows, It sets the sand a-blowing, And the blackberries a-growing.
Text Authorship:
- by Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "What's the railroad to me?" [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 Donald Crockett (b. 1951), "What's the railroad to me?", 1981 [high voice and piano], from The Pensive Traveller, no. 4. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-22
Line count: 7
Word count: 33