When was i hear america singing written?

This version of “I Hear America Singing” appeared in the 1867 edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. read more

This version of “I Hear America Singing” appeared in the 1867 edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. The original version appeared as number 20 in the section titled Chants Democratic in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass. read more

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) I Hear America Singing. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe read more

In "I Hear America Singing," Walt acknowledges the work of us regular guys. The masons, the seamstresses, the stay-at-home moms, the boatmen—they're basically the nineteenth-century versions of cashiers and personal assistants, construction workers and secretaries. read more