1988
Waterbird
Composed by 
Richard Hundley
Richard Hundley Text by 
James Purdy
James Purdy "Waterbird" is included in Richard Hundley's Ten Songs (For High Voice and Piano).
Text
Waterbird
by James Purdy
Waterbird, waterbird
gently afloat,
know you my yearning
for places remote?
Water bird, water bird
under the sea,
keep you a kingdom
for sleepers like me?
from An Oyster is a Wealthy Beast by James Purdy.
(Black Sparrow Press)
Copyright 1967 by James Purdy
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
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