Sugar in the Cane
Song Title | Sugar in the Cane (Search) |
Composer(s): | Paul Bowles |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Tennessee Williams |
Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Bakers; Behind; Blinds; Blue; Blues; Bravado; Bread; Cashing; Checks; Cold; Confidence; Dangerous; Day; God; Hot; Innuendos; Mashing; Metaphor: Speaker as Bread; Metaphor: Speaker as Check; Metaphor: Speaker as Object; Metaphor: Speaker as Pepper; Metaphor: Speaker as Potato; Metaphor: Speaker as Sugar; Metaphor: Speaker as Window; Mystery; Night; Objects; Pepper; Potatoes; Ragtime; Rain; Saving; Seeing; Shakers; Souls; Sugar; Sugar cane; Summer; Sweet; Things; Touch; Touching; Waiting; Warnings; Windows; Winter |
First Line | I'm red pepper in a shaker (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1946 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/sugar-in-the-cane/ |
Larger Work | Blue Mountain Ballads (Search) |
Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Contemporary drama (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/blue-mountain-ballads-sheet-music/3166508 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7FzUn8BAYvQjeUJjn0wO3y |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 4 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
Range: | D4 - F#5 (Search) |
Original Key | E Minor (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | G Schirmer, "Blue Mountain Ballads, Paul Bowles" (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Gregory Zavracky (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | University of Connecticut, Brown University (Search) |