by Leo Israel
Lazy afternoon
Language: English
It's a lazy afternoon; Feel like singin' a lazy tune, With the grass for my bed, And a plum tree shady overhead. But the barley's not yet in; I hear tell it should've been, And I've no call to lie here dreaming on a lazy afternoon. There's a bee comes buzzin' by; Got his chores, and so have I: Heard a song about the bee, Says that busy little bug might be me! Gettin' honey, sun to sun, 'Til the honey harvest's done.
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 Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991), "Lazy afternoon", published 1947, copyright © 1943 [voice and piano], from Ozark Set, E.B. Marks [text verified 1 time]
- by Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991), "Lazy afternoon", published 1946, copyright © 1943 [chorus], Southern Music Publ. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Leonard Lehrman
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-12
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