Night song

"Night song" is the third song in Robert Owens' cycle "Silver Rain" which is a setting of Langston Hughes poems for tenor.

Date: 1958Composer: Robert OwensText: Langston HughesSong Collection: Silver Rain, Op. 11

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“Night song”

By Langston Hughes

In the dark
Before the tall
Moon came,
Little short
Dusk
Was walking
Along.

In the dark
Before the tall
Moon came,
Little short
Dusk
Was singing
A song.

In the dark
Before the tall
Moon came,
A lady named
Day
Fainted away
In the
Dark.

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