8 songs

Song Cycle by Henk Badings (1907 - 1987)

1. Spring

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2. may‑everywhere's here

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3. it may not always be so  [sung text not yet checked]

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it may not always be so;and i say 
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch 
another's,and your dear strong fingers clutch 
his heart,as mine in time not far away; 
if on another's face your sweet hair lay 
in such a silence as i know,or such 
great writhing words as,uttering overmuch, 
stand helplessly before the spirit at bay; 

if this should be,i say if this should be-- 
you of my heart,send me a little word; 
that i may go unto him,and take his hands, 
saying,Accept all happiness from me. 
Then shall i turn my face,and hear one bird 
sing terribly afar in the lost lands.

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Confirmed with E. E. Cummings, Tulips and Chimneys, New York: Liveright, 1976, page 140.


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4. All in green went my love riding  [sung text not yet checked]

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All in green went my love riding
on a great horse of gold
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
the merry deer ran before. 

Fleeter be they than dappled dreams
the swift sweet deer
the red rare deer. 

Four red roebuck at a white water
the cruel bugle sang before. 

Horn at hip went my love riding
riding the echo down
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
the level meadows ran before. 

Softer be they than slippered sleep
the lean lithe deer
the fleet flown deer. 

Four fleet does at a gold valley
the famished arrow sang before. 

Bow at belt went my love riding
riding the mountain down
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
the sheer peaks ran before. 

Paler be they than daunting death
the sleek slim deer
the tall tense deer. 

Four tell stags at a green mountain
the lucky hunter sang before. 

All in green went my love riding
on a great horse of gold
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
my heart fell dead before.

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5. if i have made, my lady

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if i have made, my lady, intricate
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6. Maggie and Millie and Molly and May  [sung text not yet checked]

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maggy and milly and molly and may
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7. Now (more near ourselves than we)

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now(more near ourselves than we)
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8. Dim i nu tiv e, I love you much   [sung text not yet checked]

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raintherain

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Total word count: 414