The Cage
(1906)- Music by Charles Ives
- Text by Charles Ives
"The Cage" is the 64th song in Ives's song collection 114 Songs.
The Cage
by Charles Ives
A leopard went around his cage
from one side back to the other side;
he stopped only when the keeper came around with meat;
A boy who had been there three hours
began to wonder, "Is life anything like that?"
