voicing: SATB | catalog number: SBMP 1017 | duration: 2:30 | price: $2.40
accompaniment: a cappella

A clever, upbeat rhythmic pattern mirrors the sentiment of the text as it “never stops at all” except for a few moments of mid-song reflection with the poem’s final thought: “It never asked a crumb of me.” Fun and inspiring, this piece would provide a special highlight for a concert.


performance by: 2010 North Carolina Middle School Honors Chorus, Kenney Potter, conductor [© all rights reserved]
recording available on promo CD for $2.00:

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"Simply love this song. Great dynamics and flow. Also loved "Galilee" and will try both with my church choir."
review by: Ian Dykstra, Fonthill ON, Ontario - Appleby United Church

Featured on the following reading sessions
2023 | Head’s House of Music Reading Session
2021 | Florida Vocal Association's Summer Conference July
2020 | ID MEA All State Conference - January 22
2020 | NJMEA Middle School Choral RS, Teri Weniger, Feb 20-22
2020 | CASMEC Reading Sessions - February 20th
2019 | Missouri Choral Directors Assoc. Conference - July 17-20
2019 | Josh Palkki Methods Class, Long Beach, CA - September 1
2019 | Colorado ACDA - Denver, CO - July 15
2018 | Central ACDA Reading session, Dr. Shaw
2018 | Michigan ACDA Fall Conference at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI.
2016 | Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools Inservice on 8/24 in NC
2016 | Virginia ACDA Voices Untitled - August 11-13
2016 | OCDA Summer Convention July 11-12
2015 | All Carolina HS Choral Educators Summit at Wingate University
2015 | WYMEA Secondary Reading Session Jan 19, 2015
2014 | Washington ACDA Summer Institute
2014 | Alabama Vocal Assoc.
2013 | MSMEA Fall Reading Session
2013 | NYSSMC ACDA Mid/HS
2013 | GA All-State MS Session
2012 | MA ACDA Middle School Reading Session
2012 | Unitarian Universalist Musicians Session Reading Session
2012 | IL ACDA Summer Retreat - Reading Session
2012 | CO Summer ACDA Reading Session
2012 | KMEA Reading Session
2011 | NCMEA Reading Session