chansons innocentes (1923)

Song Cycle by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Word count: 159

1. in Just- [sung text checked 1 time]

in Just-
spring          when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
 
whistles       far         and wee --
 
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
 
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far       and         wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
 
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
 
it's
spring
and
        the
 
                goat-footed
 
balloonMan         whistles
far
                                and
                wee

Authorship

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), appears in Tulips and Chimneys, first published 1923 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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First published as "IV" in Five Poems, in The Dial, Volume 68 no. 5, May 1920.

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2. hist whist [sung text checked 1 time]

hist whist/ little ghostthings
 [ ... ]

Authorship

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), "hist whist", appears in Tulips and Chimneys, first published 1923, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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¹ W. Mayer: "twitchy"

3. Tumbling-hair [sung text checked 1 time]

Tumbling-hair
 [ ... ]

Authorship

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, first published 1923, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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