{"id":16864,"date":"2020-08-29T00:14:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T00:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicuntold.com\/?p=16864"},"modified":"2020-09-02T00:20:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T00:20:32","slug":"margaret-bonds-stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicuntold.com\/index.php\/margaret-bonds-stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Bonds – Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Composer Margaret Bonds\u2019s setting of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening<\/em> by Robert Frost is an ‘African American woman \u2013 settings of a White man\u2019s words’ (Dr. Michael Cooper).<\/p>\n

Whose woods these are I think I know.
\nHis house is in the village though;
\nHe will not see me stopping here
\nTo watch his woods fill up with snow.<\/p>\n

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My little horse must think it queer
\nTo stop without a farmhouse near
\nBetween the woods and frozen lake
\nThe darkest evening of the year.<\/p>\n

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He gives his harness bells a shake
\nTo ask if there is some mistake.
\nThe only other sound\u2019s the sweep
\nOf easy wind and downy flake.<\/p>\n

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
\nBut I have promises to keep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep.<\/p>\n

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Hear Justin Hopkins & Jeanne-Minette Cilliers perform Margaret Bonds song.
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