Summer Stars

"Summer Stars" is the second song of Elinor Remick Warren's song cycle Singing Earth. The song cycle sets the poetry of Carl Sandburg.

Date: 1950Composer: Elinor Remick WarrenText: Carl SandburgSong Collection: Singing Earth

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Summer Stars
by Carl Sandburg

Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.

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Selected Songs by Elinor Remick Warren

Composer(s): Elinor Remick Warren

Song(s): Includes Singing Earth, If You Have Forgotten, Lonely Roads, Sailing Homeward

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