This chapter discusses a brief but intricate song by Roger Sessions. Sessions is recognized as one of the most cosmopolitan and influential of senior American composers, and this is the sole example of his writing for voice and piano. The piece seems especially suited to a tenor, since there is some concentration around the register break area near the top of the stave. It is certainly not the easiest of songs to sing, but its originality and powerful atmosphere are memorable, and are sure to repay the effort necessary to make it flow smoothly. Furthermore, subtlety of rhythm is the work’s hallmark. Interplay between simple and compound note groupings within a basic 6/8 metre creates a nervous energy and a febrile ebb and flow that fits the text perfectly.