Two little flowers (and dedicated to them) (Ives, set by C. Ives) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


On sunny days in our backyard,
two little flowers are seen,
One dressed, at times, in brightest pink 
and one in green.
The marigold is radiant, 
the rose passing fair;
The violet is ever dear, 
the orchid, ever rare;
There's lovliness¹ in wild flow'rs
of field or wide savannah,
But fairest, rarest of them all 
are Edith and Susanna.

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¹ note: this is the spelling used in 129 Songs By Charles Edward Ives, edited by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock, 2004.

Authorship

Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

Harmony Twitchell (Mrs. Charles Ives) (1876-1979)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

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Date added to the website: 2003-11-08.

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