This duet sets a poem by Langston Hughes. This edition is based on a manuscript held in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Editor's notes in English. The song was premiered in 1954 by soprano Adele Addison and baritone Lawrence Winters.
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