Slavný americký zpěvák, pianista a skladatel, vlastním jménem Nathaniel Adam Coles (nar. 1916 ve st. Alabama). Už ve 12 letech začínal hrát na varhany, na deskách debutuje v r. 1936 jako člen sextetu Rogues Of Rhythm. V r. 1939 zakládá v L.A....

Píseň: To A Wild Rose

Interpret:
Nat King Cole
Album:
The King Cole Trio, Vol. 2
Come, oh, songs! come, oh, dreams! 
Soft the gates of day close, 
Sleep, my birds, sleep, streams! 
Sleep, my wild rose! 


Pool and bud, hill and deep, 
You who wore my robes, sleep! 
Droop, East! die, West! 
Let my land rest. 


Woods, I woke your boughs! 
Hills, I woke your elf-throngs! 
Land, All thy hopes and woes 
Rang from me in songs! 


Come, oh, songs! come, oh,dreams!
In our house is deep rest, 
Through the pines gleams, gleams, 
Bright the gold West, 


There the flutes shall cry, 
There the viols weep, 
Laugh, my dreams, and sigh! 
Sing, and vigil keep, 
Awake, wild rose.