(James Mercer) Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive

Author: (James Mercer) Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)

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A black pierrot (I am a black pierrot) (from The Weary Blues) - W. Still, R. Thompson
African Dance (The low beating of the tom-toms) (from The Weary Blues) - C. Bemis, C. Muse GER
Afrikanischer Tanz (Grollen die Tomtoms) - A. Zemlinsky
After many Springs (Now,/ In June) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling
A house in Taos (Thunder of the Rain God) - R. Owens
Alabama earth (While over Alabama earth) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - H. Stilson
Am a bad boy, bad boy GER (Bad boy) -
A man knocked three times (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister (Madam and the wrong visitor)
and here is old Picasso (from The Panther and the Lash) (The dove) - D. Gilliam, E. Siegmeister
...and here is (from The Panther and the Lash) - D. Gilliam, E. Siegmeister (The dove)
Anybody/ better than/ nobody (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) GER (Desert) - R. Owens, G. Raphael
Anybody/ Better than (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) GER - R. Owens, G. Raphael (Desert)
April Rain Song (Let the rain kiss you) - R. Nathaniel
As I grew older (It was a long time ago) (from The Weary Blues) - G. Raphael GER
At the feet of Jesus (At the feet o' Jesus) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - T. Harper
At the feet o' Jesus (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - T. Harper, F. Price
Auch ich bin Amerika (Ich bin das arme Stiefkind) - K. Pahlen
Aunt Sue has a head full of stories - W. Grosz
Aunt Sue's Stories (Aunt Sue has a head full of stories) - W. Grosz
A wild poppy-flower (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - D. Baker, R. Owens (Poppy flower)
Bad boy (Am a bad boy, bad boy) GER
Ballad of the Landlord (Landlord, landlord) - W. Bolcom
Bänkelsänger (Nur weil mein Mund) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) - G. Raphael, H. Reutter *
Beale Street (The dream is vague) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Bear in mind that death is a drum GER (Drum) - S. Adler, P. Fetler, S. Kagen, G. Raphael, H. Reutter
Bear in mind GER - S. Adler, P. Fetler, S. Kagen, G. Raphael, H. Reutter (Drum)
Beat the drums of tragedy for me - H. Adams
Because my mouth (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) GER - M. Bonds, G. Raphael, H. Reutter (Minstrel man)
Beggar boy (What is there within this beggar lad) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket, S. Raphling
Bin ein übler, übler Bursche - A. Zemlinsky
Blues at Dawn (I don't dare start thinking in the morning) (from Montage of a Dream Deferred)
Blues Fantasy (Hey! Hey!/ That's what the) (from The Weary Blues)
Blues Fantasy (I don't dare start thinking in the morning) (from Montage of a Dream Deferred) - L. Feather
Border line (I used to wonder) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Gordon, S. Hovey, R. Owens
Bound no'th blues (Goin' down the road, Lawd) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew)
Bring me all of your dreams (from The Weary Blues) - C. De Jong, S. Hovey, S. Raphling (The Dream Keeper)
Burden (It is not weariness) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Canto de una muchacha negra () - S. Revueltas GER GER (Text: Anonymous after Langston Hughes) [x] *
Carolina Cabin (There's hanging moss) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens
Childhood Memories (Mama remembers the four-leaf clover) - E. Siegmeister
Chippy (Rose of neon darkness) - R. Owens
Circles (The circles spin round) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Come, let us roam the night together singing
Come,/ Let us roam the night together - M. Flothuis, W. Grosz
Comment on War (Let us kill off youth) - N. Rorem
Convent (Tell me,/ Is there peace) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Could be Hastings Street - J. Musto
Could be (Could be Hastings Street) - J. Musto
Da ich älter wurde (Es ist so lange her) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) - G. Raphael *
Dancers (Stealing from the night) - R. Owens
Danse Africaine (The low beating of the tom-toms) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Work GER
Dear Death: I got your message that my son is dead (from The Panther and the Lash) (Official notice) - E. Siegmeister
Dear Death (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister (Official notice)
Death of an old seaman (We buried him high on the windy hill) (from The Weary Blues) - C. Cohen, F. Piket
Demand (Listen!/ Dear dream of utter aliveness) - H. Cowell
Democracy will not come today, this year (from One-Way Ticket) (Democracy) - A. Andriasov, I. Heilner
Democracy will not come (from One-Way Ticket) - A. Andriasov, I. Heilner (Democracy)
Democracy (Democracy will not come) (from One-Way Ticket) - A. Andriasov, I. Heilner
Den toten Mimen (Ihr kreideweißen Mimen) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) *
De railroad bridge's a sad song in de air (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) (Homesick blues) - H. Adams, P. Dessau, A. Donato, M. Koval, J. Wolfe
De railroad bridge's (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - H. Adams, P. Dessau, A. Donato, M. Koval, J. Wolfe (Homesick blues)
Der Neger spricht von Strömen (Ich kannte Ströme) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) *
Desert (Anybody/ Better than) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens, G. Raphael GER
Desire to us (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens (Desire)
Desire (Desire to us) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens
Die Schnecke (Kleine Schnecke) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) - G. Raphael *
Disillusion (I want to be simple again) GER
Dream boogie: variation (Tinkling treble) - R. Patterson
Dream deferred (What happens to a dream deferred?) (from The Panther and the Lash) - F. Brazinski
Dream Dust (Gather out of star-dust) - C. Adderley
Dream-singers, story-tellers, dancers (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) (Laughers) - M. Koval
Dream-singers (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval (Laughers)
Dreams (Hold fast to dreams) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. Adderley, C. De Jong
Dream variations (To fling my arms wide) (from The Weary Blues) - W. Mayer, R. Thompson
Dream variation (To fling my arms wide) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Bonds, D. Moore
Dream () (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens [x]
Dressed up (I had ma clothes cleaned) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - N. Keyes
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune (from The Weary Blues) - D. Moore (The weary blues)
Drums of Tragedy (Beat the drums of tragedy for me) - H. Adams
Drum (Bear in mind) - S. Adler, P. Fetler, S. Kagen, G. Raphael, H. Reutter GER
Dustbowl (The land/ Wants me to come back) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Elend (Spielt die Blues für mich) - A. Zemlinsky
End (There are/ No clocks on the wall) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line)
Epilogue () - M. Flothuis [x]
Erkenntnis (Ich möchte weider einfacgh sein) - A. Zemlinsky
Es ist so lange her (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * - G. Raphael (Da ich älter wurde)
Evenin' air blues (Folks, I come up North) (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - L. Goodloe
Exits (The sea is deep) - R. Owens
Eyes/ That are frozen - R. Owens (Grief)
Faithful one (Though I go drunken to her door) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens
Feet o' Jesus (At the feet o' Jesus) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - F. Price
Flotsam (On the shoals of Nowhere) - W. Mayer
Folks, I come up North (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - L. Goodloe (Evenin' air blues)
For dead mimes (O white-faced mimes) - R. Owens GER
Fortune teller looked in my hand (from One-Way Ticket) - B. Roe, E. Siegmeister (Madam and the Fortune Teller)
Four walls can hold (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens (Walls)
Fragments (Whispers/ Of springtime) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Freedom/ Is just frosting - D. Gilliam
Frosting (Freedom/ Is just frosting) - D. Gilliam
Fulfillment (The earth-meaning) - H. Cowell, R. Owens
Gather out of star-dust - C. Adderley (Dream Dust)
Gather up/ In the arms of your pity (from Fields of Wonder) - S. Kagen, J. Musto, R. Owens (Prayer)
Gather up (from Fields of Wonder) (Prayer) - S. Kagen, J. Musto, R. Owens
Genius child (This is a song for the genius child) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Gordon, R. Owens
Gifts (To some people) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Girl (She lived in sinful happiness) - R. Owens
Go-and-Get-the-Enemy Blues (My gal wrote me a letter, said "Baby, I love you true.") - W. Handy, C. Jones [x]
God to Hungry Child (Hungry child) (from Good Morning Revolution)
Goin' down the road, Lawd (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval (Bound no'th blues)
Golden brown blues () - W. Handy [x]
Go slow, they say - R. Patterson (Go slow)
Go slow (Go slow, they say) - R. Patterson
Grave yard (Here is that sleeping place) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Grief (Eyes/ That are frozen) - R. Owens
Grollen die Tomtoms - A. Zemlinsky
Gypsy man (Ma man's a gypsy) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - H. Enders
Gypsy melodies (Songs that break) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
Harlem Night Club (Sleek black boys in a cabaret) (from The Weary Blues)
Harlem Night Song (Come,/ Let us roam the night together) - M. Flothuis, W. Grosz
Havana Dreams (The dream is a cocktail at Sloppy Joe's) - R. Owens
Heart (Pierrot/ Took his heart) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens, R. Patterson
Heaven is/ The place where/ Happiness is/ Everywhere (Heaven) - R. Gordon
Heaven is/ The place where - R. Gordon (Heaven)
Heaven (Heaven is/ The place where) - R. Gordon
Here is that sleeping place (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Grave yard)
He sat upon the rolling deck (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket (Sailor)
He sits on a hill - R. Owens
Hey! Hey! That's what the blues singers say (from The Weary Blues) (Blues Fantasy) - J. Carpenter
Hey! Hey!/ That's what the (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter (Blues Fantasy)
Hold fast to dreams (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. Adderley, C. De Jong, L. Lehrman (Dreams)
Hold fast to dreams (Hold fast to dreams) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - L. Lehrman
Homesick blues (De railroad bridge's) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - H. Adams, P. Dessau, A. Donato, M. Koval
How quiet/ It is in this sick room (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling (Sick room)
How still,/ How strangely still (from The Weary Blues) - D. Gilliam, F. Piket (Sea calm)
How thin and sharp is the moon tonight! - R. Gordon
Hungry child, I didn't make this world for you (from Good Morning Revolution) (God to Hungry Child) - F. Rzewski
Hungry child (from Good Morning Revolution) - F. Rzewski (God to Hungry Child)
I am a black pierrot (from The Weary Blues) - W. Still, R. Thompson (A black pierrot)
I ask you this - H. Adams, R. Gordon (Prayer)
I catch the pattern - R. Owens (Silence)
Ich bin das arme Stiefkind - K. Pahlen (Auch ich bin Amerika)
Ich kannte Ströme (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Der Neger spricht von Strömen) -
Ich möchte weider einfacgh sein - A. Zemlinsky
I do not hate you, for your faces are beautiful, too (from The Weary Blues) (The white ones) - M. Flothuis
I do not hate you (from The Weary Blues) - M. Flothuis (The white ones)
I don't dare start thinking in the morning (from Montage of a Dream Deferred) - L. Feather (Blues at Dawn)
I dream a world where man - C. Adderley (I dream a world)
I dream a world (I dream a world where man) - C. Adderley
I had ma clothes cleaned just like new (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) (Dressed up) - N. Keyes
I had ma clothes cleaned (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - N. Keyes (Dressed up)
I had some cards printed - B. Roe (Madam's Calling Cards)
I had two husbands - B. Roe (Madam and her Might-Have-Been)
Ihr kreideweißen Mimen (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Den toten Mimen) -
I kiss your lips (Momento Habanero) - A. Hague
I look out into the Yonder - F. Brazinski (Last call)
I loved my friend (I loved my friend) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Green FRE
I loved my friend (from The Weary Blues) FRE - R. Green, S. Raphling (Poem (to F.S.))
I'm deep in trouble (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - W. Grosz, E. Harris (Moan)
Im Dunkeln (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Nachtlied) -
I must say/ Yes, sir - P. Dessau (Porter)
In Bethlehem on a Christmas night - J. Huntley (On a Christmas Night)
In the dark/ Before the tall/ Moon came (from Fields of Wonder) GER (Night song) - R. Owens, H. Swanson
In the dark they fell a crying for the dead who'd gone away (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) (Irish wake) - F. Piket
In the dark they fell a crying (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket (Irish wake)
In the dark (from Fields of Wonder) GER - R. Owens, H. Swanson (Night song)
In time of silver rain (In time of silver rain) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens, H. Swanson
In times of stormy weather - R. Gordon (Strange hurt)
Irgendwer/ Ist besser als (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * - G. Raphael (Wüste)
Irgendwer (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Wüste) - G. Raphael
Irish wake (In the dark they fell a crying) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket
I sat there singing her - R. Owens (Songs)
Island (Wave of sorrow) - J. Musto
It is not weariness (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Burden)
I, too sing America, I am the darker brother (from The Weary Blues) GER (I, Too) - L. Bernstein, M. Bonds, S. Hovey, O. Mortensen, K. Pahlen, R. Thompson
I, too, sing America (I, too sing America) (from The Weary Blues) - L. Bernstein, S. Hovey, K. Pahlen, R. Thompson GER
I, too sing America (from The Weary Blues) GER - L. Bernstein, M. Bonds, S. Hovey, O. Mortensen, K. Pahlen, R. Thompson (I, Too)
I, too (I, too sing America) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Bonds, O. Mortensen GER
It was a long time ago (from The Weary Blues) GER - G. Raphael (As I grew older)
I used to wonder (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Gordon, S. Hovey, R. Owens (Border line)
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world (from The Weary Blues) GER (The Negro speaks of rivers) - G. Bachlund, J. Berger, M. Bonds, H. Swanson, R. Thompson, J. Work
I've known rivers (I've known rivers) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Berger, J. Work GER
I've known rivers (from The Weary Blues) GER - G. Bachlund, J. Berger, M. Bonds, H. Swanson, R. Thompson, J. Work (The Negro speaks of rivers)
I want to be simple again GER (Disillusion) -
I was a boy then (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens (Man)
I went down to the river (from One-Way Ticket) - R. Patterson, E. Siegmeister (Life is fine)
I went to look for Joy (from The Weary Blues) - R. Gordon, H. Swanson (Joy)
I work all day, said Simple John (from The Weary Blues) (Pierrot) - H. Swanson
I work all day (from The Weary Blues) - H. Swanson (Pierrot)
I would liken you to a night without stars (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) (Quiet girl) - C. De Jong
I would liken you (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. De Jong (Quiet girl)
J'aimais mon ami [x] * - M. Poot
Jaime (He sits on a hill) - R. Owens
Jazz-Boys (Sleek black boys in a cabaret) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter
Jeune danseuse nue (Sous quel arbre de la jungle as-tu dormi ?) - M. Poot [x] *
Joy (I went to look for Joy) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Gordon, H. Swanson
Juliet (Wonder/ And pain) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens
Just a herd of Negroes (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - J. Rubel (Share-Croppers)
Kid in the park (Lonely little question mark) - R. Gordon
Kleine Schnecke (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * - G. Raphael (Die Schnecke)
Lady's boogie (See that lady) - R. Patterson
La lune est nue [x] * - M. Poot
Landlord, landlord,/ My roof has sprung a leak.
Landlord, landlord - W. Bolcom
Last call (I look out into the Yonder) - F. Brazinski
Laughers (Dream-singers) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew)
Let all who will eat quietly the bread of shame (from The Panther and the Lash) (Militant) - M. Koval
Let all who will (from The Panther and the Lash) - M. Koval (Militant)
Let's go see Old Abe (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - S. Raphling (Lincoln Monument: Washington)
Let the rain kiss you - R. Nathaniel, A. Witherspoon (April Rain Song)
Let the Rain Kiss You (Let the rain kiss you) - A. Witherspoon
Let us kill off youth for the sake of truth (Comment on War) - N. Rorem
Let us kill off youth - N. Rorem (Comment on War)
Lied aus Dixieland (Weit unten, im Süden, in Dixieland) - A. Zemlinsky SPA
Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen (Tief im Süden Dixies) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) - H. Reutter SPA *
Life is fine (I went down to the river) (from One-Way Ticket) - R. Patterson, E. Siegmeister
Lincoln Monument: Washington (Let's go see Old Abe) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems)
Lincoln Monument (Let's go see Old Abe) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - S. Raphling
Listen!/ Dear dream of utter aliveness - H. Cowell
Listen here, Joe (Listen here, Joe) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister
Listen here, Joe (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister (Without benefit of declaration)
Listen!
Litany (Gather up/ In the arms of your pity) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Musto
Little girl/ Dreaming of a baby grand piano (To be somebody) - R. Gordon
Little girl - R. Gordon (To be somebody)
Little snail (from Fields of Wonder) GER - G. Raphael (Snail)
Little song (Lonely people) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens
Lonely/ As the wind/ On the Lincoln Prairies (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) (One) - R. Owens
Lonely/ As the wind (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (One)
Lonely little question mark - R. Gordon (Kid in the park)
Lonely people In the lonely night (from Fields of Wonder) (Little song) - J. Berger, R. Owens
Lonely people (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens (Little song)
Lonely people (Lonely people) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger
Long trip (The sea is a wilderness of waves) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket
Love/ Is a ripe plum - R. Patterson (Love song For Lucinda)
Love is a wild wonder - D. Gilliam
Love is like dew on lilacs at dawn (The breath of a rose) - W. Still
Love is like dew - W. Still (The breath of a rose)
Lovely, dark, and lonely one (Lovely, dark, and lonely one) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - H. Burleigh
Lovely, dark, and lonely one (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - H. Burleigh (Song)
(Lovely night) Without you () - L. Feather [x]
Love song for Lucinda (Love/ Is a ripe plum) - R. Patterson
Love (Love is a wild wonder) - D. Gilliam
Luck (Sometimes a crumb falls) - R. Owens
Lullaby: God to a hungry child (Hungry child) (from Good Morning Revolution) - F. Rzewski
Lune de mars (La lune est nue) - M. Poot [x] *
Madam and her Might-Have-Been (I had two husbands) - B. Roe
Madam and the Census Man (The census man) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister
Madam and the Fortune Teller (Fortune teller looked in my hand) (from One-Way Ticket) - B. Roe, E. Siegmeister
Madam and the Minister (Reverend Butler came by) (from One-Way Ticket) - B. Roe, E. Siegmeister
Madam and the Number Runner (Number runner) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister
Madam and the Number Writer (Number runner) (from One-Way Ticket)
Madam and the Rent Man (The rent man knocked) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister
Madam and the wrong visitor (A man knocked three times) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister
Madam's Calling Cards (I had some cards printed) - B. Roe
Mama and Daughter (Mama, please brush off my coat) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister
Ma man's a gypsy (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - H. Enders (Gypsy man)
Mama, please brush off my coat (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister (Mother and Daughter)
Mama remembers the four-leaf clover - E. Siegmeister
Man (I was a boy then) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens
March moon (The moon is naked) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith FRE
Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling (To the dark Mercedes of 'El Palacio de Amor')
Mexican Market Woman (This ancient hag) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket, S. Raphling
Midnight dancer (Wine-maiden) - R. Patterson
Militant (Let all who will) (from The Panther and the Lash)
Minstrel man (Because my mouth) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - M. Bonds, G. Raphael, H. Reutter GER
Misery (Play the blues for me) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - W. Grosz GER
Moan (I'm deep in trouble) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - W. Grosz, E. Harris
Momento Habanero - A. Hague
Monotony (Today like yesterday) - R. Thompson
Montmartre (Pigalle:/ A neon rose) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens GER
Montmartre (Pigalle:/ Rose aud Neon) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) *
Moonlight Night: Carmel (Tonight the waves march) - H. Cowell
Mother and Daughter (Mama, please brush off my coat) (from One-Way Ticket)
Mother to son (Well, son, I'll tell you) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Johnson
My dream (To fling my arms wide) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Price
My gal wrote me a letter, said "Baby, I love you true." [x] - W. Handy, C. Jones (Go-and-Get-the-Enemy Blues)
My people (Dream-singers) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval
My people (The night is beautiful) - R. Gordon
Nachtlied (Im Dunkeln) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) *
Negroes,/ Sweet and docile (Roland Hayes Beaten) - M. Flothuis
Negroes,/ Sweet and docile - M. Flothuis (Warning)
New moon (There's a new young moon) - R. Gordon
Night and morn (Sun's a settin') (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - N. Keyes
Night: Four Songs (Night of the two moons) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - S. Hovey, R. Owens
Night of the two moons (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - S. Hovey, R. Owens (Night: Four Songs)
Night song (In the dark) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens, H. Swanson GER
No crystal stair (Well, son, I'll tell you) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Thomas
Norma, this morning, along the roadside through the valley - E. Siegmeister
No rose need ask (Norma, this morning, along the roadside through the valley) - E. Siegmeister
Now, in June, when the night is a vast softness (from The Weary Blues) (After many Springs) - S. Raphling
Now,/ In June (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling (After many Springs)
Nude young dancer (What jungle tree have you slept under) FRE
Number runner come to my door (from One-Way Ticket) (Madam and the Number Writer) - E. Siegmeister
Number runner (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister (Madam and the Number Writer)
Nur weil mein Mund vom Lachen breit ist (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Bänkelsänger) - G. Raphael, H. Reutter
Nur weil mein Mund (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * - G. Raphael, H. Reutter (Bänkelsänger)
Official notice (Dear Death) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister
Off the coast of Ireland (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket (Seascape)
On a Christmas night (In Bethlehem on a Christmas night) - J. Huntley
On a pallet of straw (They did not travel in an airplane) - J. Meyerowitz
Once you were young now, hunched in the cold (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) (Parisian beggar woman) - F. Piket
Once you were young (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket (Parisian beggar woman)
One (Lonely/ As the wind) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
On the shoals of Nowhere - W. Mayer (Flotsam)
O, sweep of stars over Harlem streets (from Fields of Wonder) - F. Brazinski, S. Hovey (Stars)
O white-faced mimes GER - R. Owens (For dead mimes)
Parisian beggar woman (Once you were young) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket
Peace (We passed their graves) (from The Panther and the Lash) - A. Hudson, E. Siegmeister
Pierrot took his heart and hung it on a wayside wall (from Fields of Wonder) (Heart) - J. Berger, R. Owens, R. Patterson
Pierrot/ Took his heart (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens, R. Patterson (Heart)
Pierrot (I work all day) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Swanson
Pigalle:/ A neon rose/ In a champagne bottle. (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) GER (Montmartre) - R. Owens
Pigalle:/ A neon rose (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) GER - R. Owens (Montmartre)
Pigalle:/ Rose aud Neon (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Montmartre) -
Pigalle: (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Montmartre) -
Play the blues for me (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) GER - J. Carpenter, W. Grosz (Misery)
Po' Boy Blues (When I was home de) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew)
Po' Boys' Blues (When I was home de) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval
Poème d'automone (The autumn leaves) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith
Poème (J'aimais mon ami) - M. Poot [x] *
Poem (To F.S.) (I loved my friend) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling FRE
Poem () - P. Siskind [x] *
Poppy flower (A wild poppy-flower) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - D. Baker, R. Owens
Porter (I must say/ Yes, sir) - P. Dessau
Prayer (Gather up/ In the arms of your pity) (from Fields of Wonder) - S. Kagen, R. Owens
Prayer (I ask you this) - H. Adams, R. Gordon
Pride (Let all who will) (from The Panther and the Lash) - M. Koval
Proem () - M. Flothuis [x]
Question (When the old junk man Death) (from The Weary Blues) - G. Bachlund
Quiet girl (I would liken you) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. De Jong
Red sun blues () - A. Hague [x]
Regardless () - L. Feather [x]
Remembrance (To wander through this living world) - R. Owens
Reverend Butler came by my house last week (from One-Way Ticket) (Madam and the Minister) - B. Roe, E. Siegmeister
Reverend Butler came by (from One-Way Ticket) - B. Roe, E. Siegmeister (Madam and the Minister)
Road, road, road (Goin' down the road, Lawd) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval
Rocks and the firm roots of trees (from Fields of Wonder) - F. Brazinski (Spirituals)
Roland Hayes beaten (Georgia 1942) (Negroes,/ Sweet and docile) - M. Flothuis
Roland Hayes Beaten (Negroes,/ Sweet and docile)
Rose of neon darkness - R. Owens (Chippy)
Sad song in de air (De railroad bridge's) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - J. Wolfe
Sailor (He sat upon the rolling deck) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket
Schlaf (Wenn Lippen) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) *
Sea calm (How still,/ How strangely still) (from The Weary Blues) - D. Gilliam, F. Piket
Sea charm (The sea's own children) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Green, E. Harris, F. Piket
Seascape (Off the coast of Ireland) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket
See that lady/ Dressed so fine? (Lady's boogie) - R. Patterson
See that lady - R. Patterson (Lady's boogie)
Shake your brown feet, honey (Shake your brown feet, honey) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter
Shake your brown feet, honey (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter (Song for a Banjo Dance)
Share-Croppers (Just a herd of Negroes) (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - J. Rubel
She lived in sinful happiness - R. Owens (Girl)
She stands/ In the quiet darkness (from The Weary Blues) - M. Flothuis, R. Gordon, S. Raphling, H. Smith (Troubled woman)
She/ Who searched for lovers (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith (To a Little Lover-Lass, Dead)
Sick room (How quiet/ It is in this sick room) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling
Silence (I catch the pattern) - R. Owens
Silhouette (Southern gentle lady) (from One-Way Ticket) - S. Hovey, J. Musto, R. Patterson
Sleek black boys in a cabaret (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter (Harlem Night Club)
Sleep (When the lips) - R. Owens GER
Snail (Little snail) (from Fields of Wonder) - G. Raphael GER
Soledad (A Cuban Portrait) (The shadows) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Patterson, S. Raphling
Sometimes a crumb falls - R. Owens (Luck)
Song for a Banjo Dance (Shake your brown feet, honey) (from The Weary Blues)
Song for a Dark Girl (Way Down South in Dixie) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - R. Gordon, D. Moore, H. Reutter, S. Revueltas GER GER SPA
Songs that break (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Gypsy melodies)
Songs to the dark virgin (Would that I were a jewel) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Price
Songs (I sat there singing her) - R. Owens
Song (Lovely, dark, and lonely one) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems)
Sous quel arbre de la jungle as-tu dormi ? [x] * - M. Poot
Southern gentle lady (from One-Way Ticket) - S. Hovey, J. Musto, R. Patterson (Silhouette)
Spielt die Blues für mich - A. Zemlinsky
Spirituals (Rocks and the firm roots of trees) (from Fields of Wonder) - F. Brazinski
Stars (O, sweep of stars over Harlem streets) (from Fields of Wonder) - F. Brazinski, S. Hovey
Stealing from the night - R. Owens (Dancers)
Stony Lonesome (They done took Cordelia) - F. Brazinski
Strange hurt (In times of stormy weather) - R. Gordon
Suicide's note (The calm,/ Cool face of the river) (from The Weary Blues) - C. Hibbs, S. Raphling
Sun's a settin' (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - N. Keyes (Night and Morn)
Tambourines (Tambourines!) - F. Brazinski
Tell me,/ Is there peace/ Behind your high stone walls (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) (Convent) - R. Owens
Tell me,/ Is there peace (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Convent)
That little yaller gal wid blue-green eyes
That little yaller gal - W. Grosz
That soothin' song (Play the blues for me) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - J. Carpenter GER
The autumn leaves (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith (Poème d'Automone)
The breath of a rose (Love is like dew) - W. Still
The calm,/ Cool face of the river (from The Weary Blues) - C. Hibbs, S. Raphling (Suicide's note)
The census man, the day he came round (from One-Way Ticket) (Madam and the Census Man) - E. Siegmeister
The census man (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister (Madam and the Census Man)
The circles spin round (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Circles)
The cryin' blues (Hey! Hey!/ That's what the) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter
The dove (...and here is) (from The Panther and the Lash) - D. Gilliam, E. Siegmeister
The dream is a cocktail at Sloppy Joe's - R. Owens (Havana Dreams)
The dream is vague (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Beale Street)
The Dream Keeper (Bring me all of your dreams) (from The Weary Blues) - C. De Jong, S. Hovey, S. Raphling
The earth-meaning - H. Cowell, R. Owens (Fulfillment)
The end (There are/ No clocks on the wall) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens
The face of war is my face (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister (War)
The land/ Wants me to come back (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Dustbowl)
The land (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) (Dustbowl) - R. Owens
The low beating of the tom-toms (from The Weary Blues) GER - C. Bemis, C. Muse, J. Work (Danse Africaine)
The moon is naked (from The Weary Blues) FRE - H. Smith (March moon)
The Negro speaks of rivers (I've known rivers) (from The Weary Blues) - G. Bachlund, M. Bonds, H. Swanson, R. Thompson GER
The New Cabaret Girl (That little yaller gal) - W. Grosz
The night is beautiful - R. Gordon (My people)
There are/ No clocks on the wall (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (End)
There are words like Freedom - R. Patterson (Words like Freedom)
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy-do? (from One-Way Ticket) (Madam and the Rent Man) - E. Siegmeister
The rent man knocked (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister (Madam and the Rent Man)
There's a new young moon - R. Gordon
There's hanging moss and holly (from Fields of Wonder) (Carolina Cabin) - J. Berger, R. Owens
There's hanging moss (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens (Carolina Cabin)
The sea is a wilderness of waves (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket (Long trip)
The sea is deep - R. Owens (Exits)
The sea's own children do not understand (from The Weary Blues) (Sea charm) - R. Green, E. Harris, F. Piket
The sea's own children (from The Weary Blues) - R. Green, E. Harris, F. Piket (Sea charm)
The shadows (from The Weary Blues) - R. Patterson, S. Raphling (Soledad (A Cuban Portrait))
The spring is not so beautiful there (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket (Water-Front Streets)
The weary blues (Droning a drowsy syncopated tune) (from The Weary Blues) - D. Moore
The white ones (I do not hate you) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Flothuis
They did not travel in an airplane - J. Meyerowitz (On a pallet of straw)
They done took Cordelia - F. Brazinski (Stony Lonesome)
They say she died (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling (Young bride)
This ancient hag who sits upon the ground (from The Weary Blues) (Mexican Market Woman) - F. Piket, S. Raphling
This ancient hag (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket, S. Raphling (Mexican Market Woman)
This is a song for the genius child (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Gordon, R. Owens (Genius child)
This little house is sugar (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. De Jong (Winter sweetness)
Though I go drunken to her door (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens (Faithful one)
Thunder of the Rain God - R. Owens (A house in Taos)
Tief im Süden Dixies (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) SPA * - H. Reutter (Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen)
Tinkling treble,/ Rolling bass (Dream boogie: variation) - R. Patterson
Tinkling treble - R. Patterson (Dream boogie: variation)
To a little lover-lass dead (She/ Who searched for lovers) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith
To be somebody (Little girl) - R. Gordon
Today like yesterday - R. Thompson (Monotony)
To fling my arms wide in some place in the sun (from The Weary Blues) (Dream variation) - M. Bonds, W. Mayer, D. Moore, F. Price, R. Thompson
To fling my arms wide (from The Weary Blues) - M. Bonds, W. Mayer, D. Moore, F. Price, R. Thompson (Dream variation)
Tonight the waves march - H. Cowell
To some people (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Gifts)
To the dark Mercedes of El Palacio de Amor (Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling
To wander through this living world - R. Owens (Remembrance)
Trommel (Wisse, Herz) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) - G. Raphael, H. Reutter *
Troubled woman (She stands/ In the quiet darkness) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Flothuis, R. Gordon, S. Raphling, H. Smith
Two kids, twigs of the same tree of misery (from Cuba Libre) * - H. Smith (Two Kids)
Two kids (Two kids, twigs of the same tree of misery) (from Cuba Libre) - H. Smith *
Übler Bursche (Bin ein übler, übler Bursche) - A. Zemlinsky
Vagabonds (We are the desperate) - R. Owens
Visitors to the Black Belt (You can talk about) - R. Patterson
Walls (Four walls can hold) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens
Warning (Negroes,/ Sweet and docile)
War (The face of war is my face) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister
Water-front streets (The spring is not so beautiful there) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket
Wave of sorrow - J. Musto
Way Down South in Dixie (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) GER GER SPA - R. Gordon, D. Moore, H. Reutter, S. Revueltas (Song for a Dark Girl)
We are the desperate - R. Owens (Vagabonds)
We buried him high on the windy hill (from The Weary Blues) - C. Cohen, F. Piket (Death of an old seaman)
We have tomorrow bright before us
We have tomorrow - D. Gilliam
Weit unten, im Süden, in Dixieland SPA - A. Zemlinsky
Well, son, I'll tell you (from The Weary Blues) - H. Johnson, F. Thomas (Mother to son)
Wenn Lippen (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Schlaf) -
Wenn Susanna Jones trägt Rot (Wenn Susanna Jones trägt Rot) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) - H. Reutter *
We passed their graves (from The Panther and the Lash) - A. Hudson, E. Siegmeister (Peace)
What happens to a dream deferred? (from The Panther and the Lash) - F. Brazinski (Dream deferred)
What is there within this beggar lad (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket, S. Raphling (Beggar boy)
What jungle tree have you slept under FRE (Nude young dancer) -
When I was home de (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval (Po' Boy Blues)
When Sue wears red (When Susanna Jones wears red) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Patterson, H. Reutter GER
When Susanna Jones wears red (from The Weary Blues) GER - R. Patterson, H. Reutter (When Susanna Jones wears red)
When the lips GER - R. Owens (Sleep)
When the old junk man Death (from The Weary Blues) - G. Bachlund (Question)
While over Alabama earth (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - H. Stilson (Alabama earth)
Whispers/ Of springtime (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens (Fragments)
Wine-maiden/ Of the jazz-tuned night (Midnight dancer) - R. Patterson
Wine-maiden - R. Patterson (Midnight dancer)
Winter moon (How thin and sharp is the moon tonight!) - R. Gordon
Winter sweetness (This little house is sugar) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. De Jong
Wisse, Herz: der Tod trommelt hier (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * (Trommel) - G. Raphael, H. Reutter
Wisse, Herz (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) * - G. Raphael, H. Reutter (Trommel)
Without benefit of declaration (Listen here, Joe) (from The Panther and the Lash)
Wonder and pain and terror, and sick silly songs (from Fields of Wonder) (Juliet) - R. Owens
Wonder/ And pain (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens (Juliet)
Words like Freedom (There are words like Freedom) - R. Patterson
Would that I were a jewel (from The Weary Blues) - F. Price (Songs to the dark virgin)
Wüste (Irgendwer/ Ist besser als) (from Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung) - G. Raphael *
You can talk about/ Across the railroad tracks (Visitors to the Black Belt) - R. Patterson
You can talk about - R. Patterson (Visitors to the Black Belt)
Young bride (They say she died) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling
Youth (We have tomorrow) - D. Gilliam

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Author: (James Mercer) Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)

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