What the Scarecrow Said

"What the Scarecrow Said" is the sixth song of Jake Heggie's song cycle Songs to the Moon.

Date: 1998Composer: Jake HeggieText: Vachel LindsaySong Collection: Songs to the Moon

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Drying Their Wings
by Vachel Lindsay

(What the Carpenter Said)

The moon’s a cottage with a door.
Some folks can see it plain.
Look, you may catch a glint of light,
A sparkle through the pane,
Showing the place is brighter still
Within, though bright without.
There, at a cosy open fire
Strange babes are grouped about.
The children of the wind and tide —
The urchins of the sky,
Drying their wings from storms and things
So they again can fly.

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The Faces of Love (Book 2)

Composer(s): Jake Heggie

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