Publisher Desc.  "Somebody's Darling" is an art song set to the text of the Civil War era poem of the same title from Marie la Coste. (1845-1935) This text explores the cost of war for those who are left behind at home. Musically, this piece explores the dark character of the poem, using folk-sounding melodies along with ideas of dissonance and uneasiness to help convey the psychological portrait of loss.