The see'r

An old man with a straw in his mouth
sat all day long before the village grocery store;
he liked to watch the funny things a going, going, going by!

by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

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

by Gary Bachlund , "The see'r", 2006 [medium or high voice and piano], from The Circus Band and Other Delights, no. 2.
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "The see'r", 1920.

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