1987

The Unlucky Apple

Composed by Lena J. McLin

Songs of Love Song Collection

"The Unlucky Apple" is a song from the song cycle "Songs of Love" by Lena McLin with text by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Audio Track

“The Unlucky Apple” (from “Songs of Love”)
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano0:53

Lena McLin

Composer

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

University of California, Irvine, Winifred Smith Hall

Location

This recording was part of a 8pm concert ("My Sister’s Keeper") on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

Text

‘Twas the apple that in Eden
Caused our father’s primal fall;
And the Trojan War, remember—
‘Twas an apple caused it all.
So for weeks I’ve hesitated,
You can guess the reason why,
For I want to tell my darling
She’s the apple of my eye.

Sheet Music

Lena McLin: Songs for Voice and Piano

Lena McLin
Silence
The Unlucky Apple
Day
et. al
Medium High Voice
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