by Claude Mckay (1890 - 1948)
The wild goat
Language: English
O you would clothe me in silken frocks
And house me from the cold,
And bind with bright bands my glossy locks,
And buy me chains of gold;
And give me--meekly to do my will--
The hapless sons of men:--
But the wild goat bounding on the barren hill
Droops in the grassy pen.
Text Authorship:
- by Claude Mckay (1890 - 1948), "The wild goat", appears in Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay, first published 1922 [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), "The wild goat", 2010 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 54