World, Take Good Notice

"World, Take Good Notice" is the sixth and final song of Ernst Bacon's song collection Six Songs.

Date: 1942Composer: Ernst BaconText: Walt WhitmanSong Collection: Six Songs

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World, Take Good Notice
by Walt Whitman

World, take good notice, silver stars fading,
Milky hue ript, weft of white detaching,
Coals thirty-eight, baleful and burning,
Scarlet, significant, hands off warning,
Now and henceforth flaunt from these shores.

Sheet Music

Six Songs

Composer(s): Ernst Bacon

Song(s): 1. The Banks of the Yellow Sea
2. Ancient Christmas Carol
3. Omaha
4. No Dew Upon the Grass
5. A Clear Midnight
6. World, Take Good Notice

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