by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
wanta spend six dollars kid
Language: English
wanta spendsix dollars Kid 2 for the room and four for the girl thewoman wasnot quite Fourteen till she smiled then Centuries she soft ly repeated well whadyas ay dear wan taspend six Dollars
Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), appears in Early Poems, first published 1916-7 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "wanta spend six dollars kid", 1985 [high soprano and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 18
Word count: 35