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Two Stein Songs

Song Cycle by Christopher Berg (b. 1949)

1. Susie Asado  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea.
       Susie Asado.
Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea.
       Susie Asado.
Susie Asado which is a told tray sure.
A lean on the shoe this means slips slips hers.
When the ancient light grey is clean it is yellow, it is a silver seller.
This is a please this is a please there are the saids to jelly. 
These are the wets these say the sets to leave a crown to Incy.
Incy is short for incubus.
A pot. A pot is a beginning of a rare bit of trees. 
Trees tremble, the old vats are in bobbles, 
bobbles which shade and shove and render clean, render clean must.
       Drink pups.
Drink pups drink pups lease a sash hold, 
see it shine and a bobolink has pins. It shows a nail.
What is a nail. A nail is unison.
Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), "Susie Asado", appears in Geography and Plays, first published 1922

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2. George Hugnet  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
George and Genevieve. 
Geronimo with a with whether they thought they were with whether. 
Without their finding it out. 
Without. Their finding it out. 
With whether. George whether they were about. 
With their finding their whether it finding it out 
whether with their finding about it out.
[...]

Text Authorship:

  • by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), "George Hugnet", appears in Portraits and Prayers

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by George Hugnet (1906 - 1974), "Enfance", copyright © [text unavailable]
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Total word count: 198
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