Sad Stories Told in Bars: The Reader's Digest Version
Language: English 
First I was born and it was tough on Mom
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First published in The New Yorker

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Paul Salerni (b. 1951), "Sad Stories Told in Bars: The Reader's Digest Version", 1991 [mezzo-soprano, alto flute, mallet percussion (marimba/vibraphone), violin, and violoncello], from Sad Stories, no. 2. [
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