Eight Songs to Poems by E. E. Cummings

Song Cycle by Paul Nordoff (1909 - 1977)

1. Sam

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rain or hail
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2. These children singing in stone  [sung text not yet checked]

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these children singing in stone a
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3. Little tree  [sung text not yet checked]

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little tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower

who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see    i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly

i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don’t be afraid

look      the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,

put up your little arms
and i’ll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won’t be a single place dark or unhappy

then when you’re quite dressed
you’ll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they’ll stare!
oh but you’ll be very proud

and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we’ll dance and sing
“Noel Noel”

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4. Up into the silence  [sung text not yet checked]

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up into the silence the green
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5. Doll's boy's asleep  [sung text not yet checked]

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Doll's boy's asleep
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6. until and I heard

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until and I heard
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7. Tumbling‑Hair  [sung text not yet checked]

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Tumbling-hair
                         picker of buttercups
                                                            violets
dandelions
And the big bullying daisies
                                    through the field wonderful
with eyes a little sorry
Another comes
                    also picking flowers

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8. Sweet spring  [sung text not yet checked]

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sweet spring is your
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