by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Bury this old Illinois farmer with...
Language: English
Bury this old [Illinois]1 farmer with respect. He slept the [Illinois]1 nights of his life after days of work in [Illinois]1 cornfields. Now he goes on a long sleep. The wind he listened to in the cornsilk and the tassels, the wind that combed his red beard zero mornings when the snow lay white on the yellow ears in the bushel basket at the corncrib, The same wind will now blow over the place here where his hands must dream of [Illinois]1 corn.
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Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Illinois Farmer" [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 Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Ohio Farmer", 1978 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-10-21
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