1979
Sweet Suffolk Owl
Composed by 
Richard Hundley
Richard Hundley "Sweet Suffolk Owl" was written June 5, 1979 in New York City and is included in Eight Songs, published by Boosey & Hawkes, 1981. It is dedicated to Paul Sperry, who commissioned the song. It is part of the group that includes "Isaac Greentree" and "I Do".
--Esther Jane Hardenbergh
Text
Sweet Suffolk Owl
Anonymous, attributed to Thomas Vautor
Sweet Suffolk Owl, so trimly dight
With feathers like a lady bright,
Thou singest alone, sitting by night,
Te whit, te whoo! Te whit, te whoo!
The note, that forth so freely rolls,
With shrill command the mouse controls;
And sings a dirge for dying souls,
Te whit, te whoo! Te whit, te whoo!
Records
2017
Up Toward the Sky
Amy Marcy Beach, William Ernest Henley, Richard Hundley, Marianne Moore, James Purdy, Edward Rowland Sill, Gertrude Stein, Sara Teasdale, Virgil Thomson
Sheet Music