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

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

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