by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
From the wash the laundress sends
Language: English
From the wash the laundress sends My collars home with ravelled ends; I must fit, now these are frayed, My neck with new ones London-made. Homespun collars, homespun hearts, Wear to rags in foreign parts. Mine at least's as good as done, And I must get a London one.
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 29, first published 1936 [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 Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "Homespun collars", published 1952 [medium voice and piano], from Five Songs, no. 5. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 49