On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Sheila Graham wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > Karen, I don't know a lot of Charles Ives - what song do the words in your > signature come from? > > > We're sitting in the opera house; > > We're waiting for the curtain to arise > > With wonders for our eyes, > > A feeling of expectancy, > > A certain kind of ecstasy, > > Expectancy and ecstasy....Sh's's's. > > > > - Charles Ives
It's the second part of "Very Pleasant" from his two-song cycle MEMORIES (1897).
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----- We're sitting in the opera house; We're waiting for the curtain to arise With wonders for our eyes, A feeling of expectancy, A certain kind of ecstasy, Expectancy and ecstasy....Sh's's's.
- Charles Ives
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