From the recording I. Dusk in Autumn

Recorded by Daniel Johansen at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, ILOctober 31, 2018
Project Directed by Maureen SmithProduced by Ross Crean and Maureen Smith
Copyright 2019 Ross Crean/Knight & Thorne Music, ASCAP, International. All Rights Reserved.

Lyrics

Text by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
 
The moon is like a scimitar, 
A little silver scimitar,
A-drifting down the sky.
And near beside it is a star,
A timid twinkling golden star,
That watches like an eye.
And thro’ the nursery window-pane
The witches have a fire again,
Just like the ones we make,—
And now I know they’re having tea,
I wish they’d give a cup to me,
With witches’ currant cake.