America Singing

America, Singing
By Gilda Lyons
text by Walt Whitman
Raehann Bryce-Davis, Mezzo Soprano
James Reese, Tenor
Keith Phares, Baritone
Laura Ward, piano
Min-Young Kim, Violin
Tim Ressler, Double Bass
CAROL OF WORDS - Walt Whitman in Song
April 9, 2019, Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy, NYC
Commissioned by Lyric Fest through a generous gift
By Peter C. Phillips in honor of his wife, Georgette Chapman Phillips.
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Photo credit: Don Valentino
Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all
The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.
Centre of equal daughters, equal
All, all,
carpenter
mason
boatman
shoemaker
The wood-cutter’s song
at noon
at sundown,
The delicious singing
at work
sewing
washing
All, all alike endear’d,
grown, ungrown,
young or old,
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all