Program note: Sleep
- Nigel Butterley
- Source: The Song Company Haunted Lullabies 30 September 1993
Sleep Nigel BUTTERLEY (b. 1935)
This very short piece was written especially for The Song Company and was sung
at the 1992 Sounds Australian Awards Night, being the award to Hans May for the Most
Distinguished Contribution to the Understanding oi Australian Music by a Writer or Broadcaster
Utilising the Public Media
On what journey does the night traveller go
ln quest of what lost treasure?
meaning beyond word or measure,
in what cave what ear of wheat?
