1950
Summer Stars
Composed by
Elinor Remick Warren
Elinor Remick Warren Text by
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg Singing Earth Song Collection
"Summer Stars" is the second song of Elinor Remick Warren's song cycle Singing Earth. The song cycle sets the poetry of Carl Sandburg.
Text
Summer Stars
by Carl Sandburg
Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.
Sheet Music
Selected Songs by Elinor Remick Warren
Elinor Remick Warren
Includes Singing Earth, If You Have Forgotten, Lonely Roads, Sailing Homeward