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Author: Philip Morin Freneau (1752-1832)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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America Independent [x]
D. Pinkham: Take warning, tyrants

Colonial heritage - J. Verrall [x]
Elegy (Fair flower, that dost so comely grow) - F. Jacobi
Fair flower, that dost so comely grow
F. Jacobi: Elegy

God save the Rights of Man!
F. Jacobi: Ode to freedom

In a branch of willow hid
R. Braine : To a Katy-did

Left to himself, wherever man is found
H. Haufrecht: Speak, for you must

Ode (God save the Rights of Man!)
F. Jacobi: Ode to freedom

Ode to freedom (God save the Rights of Man!) - F. Jacobi
Oh fatal day! when to the Atlantic shore
H. Haufrecht: Speak, for you must

On the sleep of plants (When suns are set, and stars in view ) - F. Jacobi
Reflections on the gradual progress of nations from democratical states to despotic empires (Oh fatal day! when to the Atlantic shore )
H. Haufrecht: Speak, for you must

Song of Thyrsis - A. Tepper [x]
Speak, for you must (Oh fatal day! when to the Atlantic shore ) - H. Haufrecht
Take warning, tyrants - D. Pinkham [x]
The wild honey suckle (Fair flower, that dost so comely grow)
F. Jacobi: Elegy

To a Caty-Did (In a branch of willow hid)
R. Braine : To a Katy-did

To a Katy-did (In a branch of willow hid) - R. Braine
When suns are set, and stars in view
F. Jacobi: On the sleep of plants