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An E. E. Cummings Songbook

by Daniel Asia (b. 1953)

1. quick i the death

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2. luminous tendril

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3. hair your a brook

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4. three wealthy sisters

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three wealthy sisters
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5. feather rain

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6. I'am asking

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7. when faces called flowers  [sung text not yet checked]

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when faces called flowers float out of the ground
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8. if a cheerfulest

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9. swooning

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10. this (let’s remember)

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11. dying is fine

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dying is fine)but Death
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12. blossoming are people

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13. two old

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14. if the

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15. the great advantage of

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the great advantage of being alive
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Total word count: 171
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