object:1.whitman - I Hear America Singing
author class:Walt Whitman
subject class:Poetry
book class:Whitman - Poems
class:chapter
I HEAR America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanicseach one singing his, as it should be, blithe and
strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off
work;
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boatthe deckhand
singing on the steamboat deck;
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his benchthe hatter singing as
he stands;
The wood-cutter's songthe ploughboy's, on his way in the morning,
or at the noon intermission, or at sundown;
The delicious singing of the motheror of the young wife at workor
of the girl sewing or washingEach singing what belongs to
her, and to none else;
The day what belongs to the dayAt night, the party of young
fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.
The original version of the poem was number 20 in the section
Chants Democratic in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.
Charley Noble
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