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Bessie Bobtail Lyrics by Samuel Barber

Three Songs, Op. 2

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As down the road she wambled slow
She had not got a place to go:
She had not got a place to fall
And rest herself - no place at all!
She stumped along, and wagged her pate;
And said a thing was desperate
Her face was screwed and wrinkled tight
Just like a nut - and, left and right
On either side, she wagged her head
And said a thing; and what she said
Was desperate as any word
That ever yet a person heard
I walkеd behind her for a while
And watchеd the people nudge and smile:
But ever, as she went, she said
As left and right she swung her head
"O God He knows: And, God He knows!
And, surely God Almighty knows!"
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Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber

About “Bessie Bobtail” by Samuel Barber

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"Bessie Bobtail" appears on "Three Songs, Op. 2".

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