1951
Lonely People
Composed by 
Jean Berger
Jean Berger Text by 
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Four Songs Song Collection
“Lonely People” is the final work in a collection of Four Songs, which sets poems by Langston Hughes.
Audio
“Lonely People” (from “Four Songs”)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)3:22
Text
Little Song
by Langston Hughes
Lonely people
In the lonely night
Grab a lonely dream
And hold it tight.
Lonely people
In the lonely day
Work to salt
Their dream away.
–The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, p. 336
Related Information
Sheet Music
Four Songs (Jean Berger)
Jean Berger
In Time of Silver Rain
2. Heart
3. Carolina Cabin
4. Lonely People
2. Heart
3. Carolina Cabin
4. Lonely People