The Singers (Barbara Rosen)

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  • (Posted 2020-07-23)  CPDL #59860:         
Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2020-07-23).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 96 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: The Singers
Composer: Barbara Rosen
Lyricist: Barbara Rosen

Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: 7 equal voices
Genre: SecularCanon

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2000
Description: Barbara's early impression of the Renaissance Street Singers. She wrote the poem (and three more) immediately after her first Caroling Party, in 1999, and turned it into a round while home with a fever during the 2000 Loft Concert.

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Original text and translations

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The tigers arrive, amiable, languid, sauntering in with swishing tails.
They belly up to the counter for chips and dips and cookies and cheese.
Their eyes slant with pleasure; their whiskers redden with wine.
This is, as always, a free assembly: there are no traps, no whips;
there's no coercion.
From their places on the small, hard chairs the tigers make a show
of flashing white fangs at the ringmaster. He smiles.
He knows they wouldn't be here if they didn't enjoy it.