1995

Souvenir

Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon

A Horse With Wings Song Collection

"Souvenir" is a song by Ricky Ian Gordon setting a poem of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The song is part of Ricky Ian Gordon's songbook A Horse With Wings.

Text

Souvenir
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Just a rainy day or two
In a windy tower,
That was all I had of you-
Saving half an hour.

Marred by greeting passing groups
In a cinder walk,
Near some naked blackberry hoops
Dim with purple chalk.
I remember three or four
Things you said in spite,
And an ugly coat you wore,
Plaided black and white.

Just a rainy day or two
And a bitter word.
Why do I remember you
As a singing bird?

Sheet Music

A Horse With Wings

Ricky Ian Gordon
Once I Was
Sweet Song
Afternoon on a Hill
My Sister's New Red Hat
A Horse with Wings
Air
Poem (Lana Turner has Collapsed)
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
The Spring and the Fall
Souvenir
Coyotes
The Red Dress
What Shall We Remember?
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Sycamore Trees
Fewer Words
The Special Picnic
Janet Underneath the Roses
I am a Cherry Alive
An Old-Fashioned Song
White Haired Woman
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