(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 (At the feet o' Jesus) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - Toy Harper
At the feet o' Jesus (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - Toy Harper (At the feet of Jesus)
At the feet o' Jesus (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - 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) - David Nathaniel Baker, Jr., 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: Anonymous 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, Paul Dessau, 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 to us (from Fields of Wonder) (Desire)
Desire to us (from Fields of Wonder) - Robert Owens (Desire)
Desire (Desire to us) (from Fields of Wonder)
Desire (Desire to us) (from Fields of Wonder) - Robert Owens
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 Dust (Gather out of star-dust)
Dream Dust (Gather out of star-dust) - Cedric Adderley
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) - Cedric Adderley, 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, Dorothy Rudd Moore
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 (Folks, I come up North) (from Shakespeare in Harlem)
Evenin' air blues (Folks, I come up North) (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - Lucille E. Goodloe
Exits (The sea is deep)
Exits (The sea is deep) - Robert Owens
Eyes/ That are frozen (Grief)
Eyes/ That are frozen - Robert Owens (Grief )
Faithful one (Though I go drunken to her door) (from Fields of Wonder)
Faithful one (Though I go drunken to her door) (from Fields of Wonder) - Robert Owens
Feet o' Jesus (At the feet o' Jesus) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - Florence Bea Price
Flotsam (On the shoals of Nowhere)
Flotsam (On the shoals of Nowhere) - William Mayer
Folks, I come up North (from Shakespeare in Harlem) (Evenin' air blues)
Folks, I come up North (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - Lucille E. Goodloe (Evenin' air blues)
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 (from Fields of Wonder) (Walls)
Four walls can hold (from Fields of Wonder) - 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 out of star-dust (Dream Dust)
Gather out of star-dust - Cedric Adderley (Dream Dust)
Gather up/ In the arms of your pity (from Fields of Wonder) - 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 (My gal wrote me a letter, said "Baby, I love you true.") [x]
Go-and-Get-the-Enemy Blues (My gal wrote me a letter, said "Baby, I love you true.") - 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 (Ma man's a gypsy) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew)
Gypsy man (Ma man's a gypsy) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - Harvey Enders
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)
He sat upon the rolling deck (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) (Sailor)
He sat upon the rolling deck (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - Frederick Piket (Sailor)
He sits on a hill - Robert Owens (Jaime)
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) - Cedric Adderley, 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, Paul Dessau, Anthony Donato, Marian Viktorovich Koval
How quiet/ It is in this sick room (from The Weary Blues) (Sick room)
How quiet/ It is in this sick room (from The Weary Blues) - Sam Raphling (Sick room)
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 dream a world where man (I dream a world)
I dream a world where man - Cedric Adderley (I dream a world)
I dream a world (I dream a world where man)
I dream a world (I dream a world where man) - Cedric Adderley
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 (Momento Habanero) - Albert Hague
I look out into the Yonder (Last call)
I look out into the Yonder - Frank W. Brazinski (Last call)
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 (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)
I must say/ Yes, sir (Porter)
I must say/ Yes, sir - Paul Dessau (Porter)
In Bethlehem on a Christmas night (On a Christmas Night)
In Bethlehem on a Christmas night - Jobe Huntley (On a Christmas night)
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 was a boy then (from Fields of Wonder) (Man)
I was a boy then (from Fields of Wonder) - Robert Owens (Man)
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)
Jaime (He sits on a hill) - Robert Owens
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
Just a herd of Negroes (from Shakespeare in Harlem) (Share-Croppers)
Just a herd of Negroes (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - Joseph Rubel (Share-Croppers)
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 (I look out into the Yonder)
Last call (I look out into the Yonder) - Frank W. 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)
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) (from Fields of Wonder) - 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
Ma man's a gypsy (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) (Gypsy man)
Ma man's a gypsy (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - Harvey Enders (Gypsy man)
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 (I was a boy then) (from Fields of Wonder)
Man (I was a boy then) (from Fields of Wonder) - Robert Owens
March moon (The moon is naked) (from The Weary Blues) FRE
March moon (The moon is naked) (from The Weary Blues) - Hale Smith FRE
Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house (from The Weary Blues) (To the dark Mercedes of 'El Palacio de Amor')
Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house (from The Weary Blues) - Sam Raphling (To the dark Mercedes of El Palacio de Amor)
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
Momento Habanero - Albert Hague (I kiss your lips)
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 gal wrote me a letter, said "Baby, I love you true." [x] (Go-and-Get-the-Enemy Blues)
My gal wrote me a letter, said "Baby, I love you true." [x] - William Christopher Handy, Clarence M. Jones (Go-and-Get-the-Enemy Blues)
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) *
Negroes,/ Sweet and docile - Marius Flothuis (Roland Hayes beaten (Georgia 1942))
Negroes,/ Sweet and docile (Roland Hayes Beaten)
Negroes,/ Sweet and docile (Warning)
New moon (There's a new young moon) - Ricky Ian Gordon
Night and Morn (Sun's a settin') (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems)
Night and morn (Sun's a settin') (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - Nelson H. Keyes
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
Off the coast of Ireland (from The Weary Blues) (Seascape)
Off the coast of Ireland (from The Weary Blues) - Frederick Piket (Seascape)
On a Christmas Night (In Bethlehem on a Christmas night)
On a Christmas night (In Bethlehem on a Christmas night) - Jobe Huntley
On a pallet of straw (They did not travel in an airplane)
On a pallet of straw (They did not travel in an airplane) - Jan Meyerowitz
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 (The autumn leaves) (from The Weary Blues)
Poème d'automone (The autumn leaves) (from The Weary Blues) - Hale Smith
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) - David Nathaniel Baker, Jr., Robert Owens
Porter (I must say/ Yes, sir)
Porter (I must say/ Yes, sir) - Paul Dessau
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
Rocks and the firm roots of trees (from Fields of Wonder) (Spirituals)
Rocks and the firm roots of trees (from Fields of Wonder) - Frank W. Brazinski (Spirituals)
Roland Hayes beaten (Georgia 1942) (Negroes,/ Sweet and docile) - Marius Flothuis
Roland Hayes Beaten (Negroes,/ Sweet and docile)
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 (He sat upon the rolling deck) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems)
Sailor (He sat upon the rolling deck) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - Frederick 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)
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 (Off the coast of Ireland) (from The Weary Blues)
Seascape (Off the coast of Ireland) (from The Weary Blues) - Frederick Piket
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
Shake your brown feet, honey (from The Weary Blues) - John Alden Carpenter (Shake your brown feet, honey)
Shake your brown feet, honey (from The Weary Blues) (Song for a Banjo Dance)
Share-Croppers (Just a herd of Negroes) (from Shakespeare in Harlem)
Share-Croppers (Just a herd of Negroes) (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - Joseph Rubel
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)
She/ Who searched for lovers (from The Weary Blues) (To a Little Lover-Lass, Dead)
She/ Who searched for lovers (from The Weary Blues) - Hale Smith (To a little lover-lass dead)
Sick room (How quiet/ It is in this sick room) (from The Weary Blues)
Sick room (How quiet/ It is in this sick room) (from The Weary Blues) - Sam Raphling
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) (from The Weary Blues)
Soledad (A Cuban Portrait) (The shadows) (from The Weary Blues) - Robert G. Patterson, Sam Raphling
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)
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 (Rocks and the firm roots of trees) (from Fields of Wonder)
Spirituals (Rocks and the firm roots of trees) (from Fields of Wonder) - Frank W. Brazinski
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 (They done took Cordelia)
Stony Lonesome (They done took Cordelia) - Frank W. Brazinski
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
Sun's a settin' (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) (Night and Morn)
Sun's a settin' (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - Nelson H. Keyes (Night and morn)
Tambourines (Tambourines!)
Tambourines (Tambourines!) - Frank W. Brazinski
Tambourines! (Tambourines)
Tambourines! - Frank W. Brazinski (Tambourines)
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 autumn leaves (from The Weary Blues) (Poème d'Automone)
The autumn leaves (from The Weary Blues) - Hale Smith (Poème d'automone)
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 (from The Weary Blues) FRE (March moon)
The moon is naked (from The Weary Blues) FRE - Hale Smith (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 (from The Weary Blues) (Soledad (A Cuban Portrait))
The shadows (from The Weary Blues) - Robert G. Patterson, Sam Raphling (Soledad (A Cuban Portrait))
The spring is not so beautiful there (from The Weary Blues) (Water-Front Streets)
The spring is not so beautiful there (from The Weary Blues) - Frederick Piket (Water-front streets)
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
They did not travel in an airplane (On a pallet of straw)
They did not travel in an airplane - Jan Meyerowitz (On a pallet of straw)
They done took Cordelia (Stony Lonesome)
They done took Cordelia - Frank W. Brazinski (Stony Lonesome)
They say she died (from The Weary Blues) (Young bride)
They say she died (from The Weary Blues) - Sam Raphling (Young bride)
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)
Though I go drunken to her door (from Fields of Wonder) (Faithful one)
Though I go drunken to her door (from Fields of Wonder) - Robert Owens (Faithful one)
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 (She/ Who searched for lovers) (from The Weary Blues)
To a little lover-lass dead (She/ Who searched for lovers) (from The Weary Blues) - Hale Smith
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, Dorothy Rudd Moore (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' (Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house) (from The Weary Blues)
To the dark Mercedes of El Palacio de Amor (Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house) (from The Weary Blues) - Sam Raphling
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, twigs of the same tree of misery (from Cuba Libre) * (Two Kids)
Two kids, twigs of the same tree of misery (from Cuba Libre) * - Hale Smith (Two kids)
Two Kids (Two kids, twigs of the same tree of misery) (from Cuba Libre) *
Two kids (Two kids, twigs of the same tree of misery) (from Cuba Libre) - Hale Smith *
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) (from Fields of Wonder)
Walls (Four walls can hold) (from Fields of Wonder) - Robert Owens
Warning (Negroes,/ Sweet and docile)
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 (The spring is not so beautiful there) (from The Weary Blues)
Water-front streets (The spring is not so beautiful there) (from The Weary Blues) - Frederick Piket
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 (They say she died) (from The Weary Blues)
Young bride (They say she died) (from The Weary Blues) - Sam Raphling
Youth (We have tomorrow) - Daniel Gilliam

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

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