There Was a Cherry-Tree


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of There Was a Cherry-Tree by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 13, 2012.

Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. Thanks in part to an endorsement from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he eventually earned successive jobs at Indiana newspaper publishers during the latter 1870s. Riley gradually rose in prominence during the 1880s through his poetry reading tours. He traveled a touring circuit first in the Midwest, and then nationally, holding shows and making joint appearances on stage with other famous talents. Regularly struggling with his alcohol addiction, Riley never married or had children, and was involved in a scandal in 1888 when he became too drunk to perform. He became more popular in spite of the bad press he received, and as a result extricated himself from poorly negotiated contracts that limited his earnings; he quickly became very wealthy. (Summary from Wikipedia) (0 hr 21 min)

Chapters

There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by ALG 1:00 Read by Amy Gramour
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by AS 1:08 Read by acousticwave
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by DL 1:07 Read by David Lawrence
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by Elli 0:59 Read by Elli
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by FS 1:16 Read by fshort
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by GC 1:07 Read by Snapdragon
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JCM 1:09 Read by Jason Mills
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JL 1:15 Read by April Gonzales
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JM2 1:14 Read by Jannie Meisberger
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by JRPB 1:14 Read by James Bendall
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by KJS 1:12 Read by Kevin Snyder
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by LAH 1:06 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by LLW 1:23 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by MJF 1:27 Read by MJ Franck
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by REF 1:23 Read by Rhonda Federman
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by RN 1:28 Read by ravenotation
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by RWH 1:11 Read by Robert Hoffman
There Was a Cherry-Tree - Read by UM 1:08 Read by ekzemplaro