Instrumentation

Baritone (G3-Eb4) and Piano

Duration

2'

Year Composed

2018

Text

Jonathan D. Kroeger

As you spin the spinning wheel,
days whirl by and nights grow long.
Will you know the lover I feel,
or do I waste my yearning song?
As the spinning wheel goes round,
leave the chair at falling light.
In the dark our love will be wound.
Please leave the yarns alone at night!
This spinning wheel won't slow for rest,
like silent pounding in my breast.
Will you spin the love I feel,
or give in to life's spinning wheel?