by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954)
The see'r
Language: English
An old man with a straw in his mouth sat all day long before the village grocery store; he liked to watch the funny things a going, going, going by!
Text Authorship:
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 see'r", 2006 [medium voice or high voice and piano], from The Circus Band and Other Delights, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The see'r", 1920 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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