Klassisk musik - Komponist John Mitchell

TRAVEL

Set by John Mitchell  (1941-) op. 51(1983),
 from Five Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 3. 
Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)


The railroad track is miles away,
    And the day is loud with voices speaking,
Yet there isn't a train goes by all day
    But I hear its whistle shrieking.

All night there isn't a train goes by,
    Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming
But I see its cinders red on the sky,
    And hear its engine steaming.

My heart is warm with the friends I make,
    And better friends I'll not be knowing,
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
    No matter where it's going.