by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954)
The things our fathers loved
Language: English
I think there must be a place in the soul all made of tunes, of tunes of long ago; I hear the organ on the Main Street corner, Aunt Sarah humming Gospels; Summer evenings, The village cornet band, playing in the square. The town's Red, White and Blue, all Red, White and Blue; Now! Hear the songs! I know not what are the words But they sing in my soul of the things our Fathers loved.
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 things our fathers loved", 2008 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 2 times]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The things our fathers loved", subtitle: "(and the greatest of these was Liberty)", 1917 [ sung text checked 2 times]
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Word count: 76