2018
Flowers
Composed by
Jasmine Barnes
Jasmine Barnes Text by
Jasmine Barnes
Jasmine Barnes Songs for the African Violet Song Collection
The third song in the cycle, originally commissioned for Carl A. Alexander and theVoic(ed) Project Chicago, Illinois; April 2018
For Voice, Cello, and Piano
Text
Flowers
water your flowers.
Flowers
water them,
for you never know when you’ll ever see your flowers again.
Flowers, She is a flower.
Flower she is!
She is a flower that flowers in the wind,
plucked from the ground
African Violet,
How we have wronged you!
We took your beauty selfishly,
harvesting your charm!
African Violet,
oh how we mourn you!
For once you were so radiant, but now,
you’re lifeless.
How could we leave you lifeless
expecting you to grow?
Everyone loves the African Violet,
until its been complete PLUCKED.
Flowers
water your flowers.
Flowers
water your them,
for you never know when you’ll ever see your flowers again.
Sheet Music
Songs for the African Violet
Jasmine Barnes
Home, Is it Fair?, Flowers, Crowned