by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Kid in the park
Language: English
Lonely little question mark on a bench in the park: See the people passing by? See the airplanes in the sky? See the birds flying home before dark? Home's just around the corner there -- but not really anywhere.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Kid in the park" [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 Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956), "Kid in the park", 1995 [ high voice and piano ], from Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-02
Line count: 13
Word count: 38