Charles Ives - The Greatest Man | Lyrics
My teacher said us boys should write About some great man, so I thought last night 'n thought about heroes and men That had done great things 'n then I got to thinkin'
Charles Ives - Nov. 2, 1920 | Lyrics
"It strikes me that some men and women got tired of a big job; But, over there our men did not quit They fought and died that better things might be! Perhaps some who stayed at
Charles Ives - Premonitions | Lyrics
There's a shadow on the grass That was never there before And the ripples as they pass Whisper of an unseen oar; And the song we knew by rote Seems to falter in the
Charles Ives - From "The Swimmers" | Lyrics
Then the swift plunge into the cool green dark The windy waters rushing past me, through me; Filled with the sense of some heroic lark Exulting in a vigor clean and roomy Swiftly
Charles Ives - Cradle-Song | Lyrics
Hush thee, dear child to slumbers; We will sing softest numbers; Nought thy sleeping encumbers Summer is slowly dying; Autumnal winds are sighing; Faded leaflets are
Charles Ives - The Camp-Meeting | Lyrics
Across the summer meadows fair There comes a song of fervent prayer; It rises radiantly o'er the world Exulting, exulting, in the power of God! Exalting Faith in life above
Charles Ives - In Flanders Fields | Lyrics
In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amidst the guns below
Charles Ives - He Is There! | Lyrics
Fifteen years ago today A little Yankee, little yankee boy Marched beside his granddaddy In the decoration day parade The village band would play Those old war tunes And
Charles Ives - Tom Sails Away | Lyrics
Scenes from my childhood are with me I'm in the lot behind our house upon the hill A spring day's sun is setting Mother with Tom in her arms Is coming towards the
Charles Ives - Old Home Day | Lyrics
Go my songs! Draw Daphnis from the city A minor tune from Todd's opera house Comes to me as I cross the square, there We boys used to shout the songs that rouse The
