What the Bullet sang

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Song TitleWhat the Bullet sang (Search)
Composer(s):Celius Dougherty
Author(s):Bret Harte
Keyword(s) & Features: American Civil War; Answering; Battles; Battling; Bliss; Bold; Bullets; Cold; Contrast: Joy vs. Sadness; Creation; Death; Despair; Faces; Flying; Free; Grace; Grief; Guns; Hands; Hiding; Irony; Joy; Killing; Kisses; Knowing; Losing; Love; Metaphor: Bullet as lover; Metaphor: Victim as lover; Personification: Bullet; Power; Rapture; Sadness; Shooting; Singing; Smoke; Space; Sun; Sweethearts; True Love; Wars; Weapons; Winning
First LineO joy of creation, (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=755881
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Celius-Dougherty-30-Art-Songs-in-Original-Keys-for-Medium-High-Voic-313695.html
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Range: Db4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyBb Minor (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG Schirmer, “Celius Dougherty - 30 Art Songs in Original Keys” (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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