Five Cabaret Songs

Song Cycle by Keith Humble (1927 - 1995)

1. The King of Hearts

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2. The Lady's First Song  [sung text not yet checked]

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I turn round
Like a dumb beast in a show.
Neither know what I am
Nor where I go,
My language beaten
Into one name;
I am in love
And that is my shame.
What hurts the soul
My soul adores,
No better than a beast
Upon all fours.

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3. Girl's song  [sung text not yet checked]

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I went out alone
To sing a song or two,
My fancy on a man,
And you know who.

Another came in sight
That on a stick relied
To hold himself upright;
I sat and cried.

And that was all my song -
When everything is told,
Saw I an old man young
Or young man old?

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First published in New Republic, October 1930

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4. The bed

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5. Her anxiety  [sung text not yet checked]

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Earth in beauty dressed
Awaits returning spring.
All true love must die,
Alter at the best
Into some lesser thing.
Prove that I lie.

Such body lovers have,
Such exacting breath,
That they touch or sigh.
Every touch they give,
Love is nearer death.
Prove that I lie.

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Total word count: 155