by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Wonder where this horseshoe went
Language: English
Wonder where this horseshoe went. Up and down, up and down, Up and past the monument, Maybe into town. Wait a minute. "Horseshoe, How far have you been?" Says it's been to Salem And halfway to Lynn. Wonder who was in the team. Wonder what they saw. Wonder if they passed a bridge -- Bridge with a draw. Says it went from one bridge Straight upon another. Says it took a little girl Driving with her mother.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), no title, appears in Poems Selected for Young People, in From a Very Little Sphinx, no. 7, first published 1929 [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The horseshoe", 1971 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from From a Very Little Sphinx: Five Songs for Soprano or Mezzo-soprano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kenneth Smith , "Horse shoe" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Michael Armand Fink (b. 1939), "From a very little sphinx", published 1969 [ soprano, SSAA chorus, and string quartet or strings ]
- by Bernard Wagenaar (1894 - 1971), "From a very little sphinx", published 1926 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 76