Texts by V. Lindsay set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems
- The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems
- The Congo and Other Poems
- The Golden Whales of California
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight (It is portentous, and a thing of state) - A. Betinis
- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight (It is portentous, and a thing of state) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - R. Bradley, R. Harris, E. Siegmeister, J. White
- A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten (Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering
- A fable (The mouse that gnawed the oak-tree down) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio
- Ah, in the night, all music haunts me here. (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Harbison (The amaranth)
- Ah, they are passing, passing by - J. Heggie (In praise of songs that die)
- Andrew Jackson was eight feet tall (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Jarrett (The Statue of Old Andrew Jackson)
- A Net to Snare the Moonlight (What the Man of Faith said) (The dew, the rain and moonlight) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) CHI GER
- An Explanation of the Grasshopper (The Grasshopper, the Grasshopper) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg
- Booth led boldly with his big bass drum (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - S. Homer, C. Ives, P. James
- Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong. Here lies a kitten good, who kept (from The Congo and Other Poems) (A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering
- Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering (A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten)
- Drying their Wings (The moon's a cottage with a door) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children)
- Euclid (Old Euclid drew a circle) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - G. Bachlund, J. Heggie, E. Siegmeister, A. Tepper
- Factory windows are always broken - J. Heggie (Factory windows are always broken)
- General Booth enters into Heaven (Booth led boldly with his big bass drum) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - S. Homer
- General William Booth enters into Heaven (Booth led boldly with his big bass drum) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - C. Ives, P. James
- Girl with the burning golden eyes (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech) - J. Heggie (Once More -- To Gloriana)
- How Samson bore away the Gates of Gaza (Once, in a night as black as ink) - E. Maconchy
- In praise of songs that die (Ah, they are passing, passing by) - J. Heggie
- I saw a proud, mysterious cat (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering, D. Moore (The Mysterious Cat)
- It is portentous, and a thing of state (from The Congo and Other Poems) - R. Bradley, R. Harris, E. Siegmeister, J. White (Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight)
- It is portentous, and a thing of state - A. Betinis
- Legree's big house was white and green (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - D. Moore (Simon Legree -- A Negro Sermon)
- Of crows and clusters (Two old crows sat on a fence rail) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio
- Old Euclid drew a circle (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - G. Bachlund, J. Heggie, E. Siegmeister, A. Tepper (Euclid)
- Once I loved a spider (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor (The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly)
- Once, in a night as black as ink - E. Maconchy (How Samson bore away the Gates of Gaza)
- Once More -- To Gloriana (Girl with the burning golden eyes) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech)
- Prologue: Once More - To Gloriana (Girl with the burning golden eyes) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech) - J. Heggie
- Simon Legree -- A Negro Sermon (Legree's big house was white and green) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems)
- Simon Legree (Legree's big house was white and green) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - D. Moore
- The amaranth (Ah, in the night, all music haunts me here.) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Harbison
- The dew, the rain and moonlight (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) CHI GER - M. Taylor (A Net to Snare the Moonlight (What the Man of Faith said))
- The dim-winged spirits of the night - J. Heggie (What the scarecrow said)
- The factory window song (Factory windows are always broken) - J. Heggie
- The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring - J. Harbison, R. Sowash (The flower-fed buffaloes)
- The flower-fed buffaloes (The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring) - J. Harbison, R. Sowash
- The Grasshopper, the Grasshopper (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg (An Explanation of the Grasshopper)
- The Haughty Snail-king (Twelve snails went walking after night) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
- The Lion is a kingly beast (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor (The Lion)
- The Lion (The Lion is a kingly beast) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor
- The little turtle (There was a little turtle) (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Carpenter, H. Enders, H. Sherman, V. Weigl
- The moon is but a candle-glow (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie (What the Forester said)
- The moon is but a golden skull - M. Taylor (What the Hyena Said)
- The moon? It is a griffin's egg (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (Yet Gentle will the Griffin be)
- The moon's a brass-hooped water-keg (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (What the Miner in the Desert Said)
- The moon's a cottage with a door (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) (Drying their Wings) -
- The moon's a gong, hung in the wild (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie (What the Gray-winged Fairy Said)
- The moon's a little prairie-dog (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (What the Rattlesnake Said)
- The moon's a monk, unmated (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (The Strength of the Lonely (What the Mendicant Said))
- The moon's a peck of corn. It lies (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie (The Old Horse in the City)
- The Moon's a snowball. See the drifts (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie (What the Snow Man said)
- The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the little girl said) (The Moon's the North Wind's cooky) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
- The Moon's the North Wind's cooky (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, E. Kettering, M. Taylor (The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the Little Girl Said))
- The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (The Moon's the North Wind's cooky) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - E. Kettering
- The Mouse That Gnawed the Oak-Tree Down (The mouse that gnawed the oak-tree down) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio, L. Gruenberg
- The Mysterious Cat (I saw a proud, mysterious cat) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering, D. Moore
- The Old Horse in the City (The moon's a peck of corn. It lies) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
- There was a little turtle (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Carpenter, H. Enders, H. Sherman, V. Weigl (The little turtle)
- The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly (Once I loved a spider) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor
- The Statue of Old Andrew Jackson (Andrew Jackson was eight feet tall) (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Jarrett
- The Strength of the Lonely (What the Mendicant Said) (The moon's a monk, unmated) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
- The Strength of the Lonely (The moon's a monk, unmated) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - M. Taylor
- The sun says his prayers," said the fairy (from The Congo and Other Poems) - E. Kettering (The sun says his prayers)
- The sun says his prayers (The sun says his prayers," said the fairy) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - E. Kettering
- To a golden-haired girl in a Louisiana town (You are a sunrise)
- To a golden-haired girl (You are a sunrise) - R. Hageman, G. McKay
- Twelve snails went walking after night (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie (The Haughty Snail-king)
- Two Old Crows (An exercise in stuttering for male voices) (Two old crows sat on a fence rail) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - H. Enders
- Two old crows sat on a fence rail (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio, H. Enders, L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, E. Kettering (Two Old Crows)
- Two Old Crows (Two old crows sat on a fence rail) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, E. Kettering
- What Grandpa Told the Children (The moon? It is a griffin's egg) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - M. Taylor
- What the Forester said (The moon is but a candle-glow) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
- What the Gray-winged Fairy Said (The moon's a gong, hung in the wild) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
- What the Hyena Said (The moon is but a golden skull) - M. Taylor
- What the Little Girl Said (The Moon's the North Wind's cooky) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - M. Taylor
- What the Man of Faith Said (The dew, the rain and moonlight) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - M. Taylor CHI GER
- What the Miner in the Desert Said (The moon's a brass-hooped water-keg) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor
- What the Rattlesnake Said (The moon's a little prairie-dog) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor
- What the Scarecrow Said (The dim-winged spirits of the night) - J. Heggie
- What the Snowman said (The Moon's a snowball. See the drifts) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
- Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be (What Grandpa told the children) (The moon? It is a griffin's egg) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
- Yet Gentle will the Griffin be (The moon? It is a griffin's egg) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children)
- You are a sunrise, if a star should rise instead of the sun (To a golden-haired girl in a Louisiana town) - R. Hageman, G. McKay
- You are a sunrise - R. Hageman, G. McKay (To a golden-haired girl in a Louisiana town)
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