by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Over the fence
Language: English
Over the fence -- Strawberries -- grow -- Over the fence -- I could climb -- if I tried, I know -- Berries are nice! But -- if I stained my Apron -- God would certainly scold! Oh, dear, -- I guess if He were a Boy -- He'd -- climb -- if He could!
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "Over the fence the strawberries grow", 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Summer. Life. Song. -- 1. Summer Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lori Laitman (b. 1955), "Over the fence", first performed 1995 [ soprano and piano ], from Days and Nights, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-31
Line count: 9
Word count: 44