O Tan-faced Prairie-boy

Op.86

for Rian Davis



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16 March 2024 1'45" Realization (.MP3) Score (.PDF)
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It is, of course, Walt Whitman: Drum-Taps from the Leaves of Grass, on a purpose-built tone row.

O tan-faced prairie-boy,
Before you came to camp came many a welcome gift,
Praises and presents came and nourishing food, till at last among the recruits,
You came, taciturn, with nothing to give – we but look’d on each other,
When lo! more than all the gifts of the world you gave me.


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