Title: Not Waving But Drowning
Performer: Marcin Swobod, viola; Thomas Carr, piano; Designs in Harmony chorus, Michal Novotny, conductor.
Instrumentation: viola, piano, mixed choir
Text: Not Waving But Drowning - Stevie Smith
Duration: 10:51
Year Composed: 2009
Performer: Marcin Swobod, viola; Thomas Carr, piano; Designs in Harmony chorus, Michal Novotny, conductor.
Instrumentation: viola, piano, mixed choir
Text: Not Waving But Drowning - Stevie Smith
Duration: 10:51
Year Composed: 2009
Not Waving But Drowning
Stevie Smith
Nobody heard him, the dead man.
But still he lay moaning;
I was much further our than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead.
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.