Texts by V. Lindsay set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)

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Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight (It is portentous, and a thing of state) - A. Betinis
Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight (It is portentous, and a thing of state) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - R. Bradley, R. Harris, E. Siegmeister, J. White
A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten (Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering
A fable (The mouse that gnawed the oak-tree down) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio
Ah, in the night, all music haunts me here. (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Harbison (The amaranth)
Ah, they are passing, passing by - J. Heggie (In praise of songs that die)
Andrew Jackson was eight feet tall (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Jarrett (The Statue of Old Andrew Jackson)
A Net to Snare the Moonlight (What the Man of Faith said) (The dew, the rain and moonlight) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) CHI GER
An Explanation of the Grasshopper (The Grasshopper, the Grasshopper) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg
Booth led boldly with his big bass drum (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - S. Homer, C. Ives, P. James
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong. Here lies a kitten good, who kept (from The Congo and Other Poems) (A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering (A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten)
Drying their Wings (The moon's a cottage with a door) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children)
Euclid (Old Euclid drew a circle) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - G. Bachlund, J. Heggie, E. Siegmeister, A. Tepper
Factory windows are always broken - J. Heggie (Factory windows are always broken)
General Booth enters into Heaven (Booth led boldly with his big bass drum) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - S. Homer
General William Booth enters into Heaven (Booth led boldly with his big bass drum) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - C. Ives, P. James
Girl with the burning golden eyes (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech) - J. Heggie (Once More -- To Gloriana)
How Samson bore away the Gates of Gaza (Once, in a night as black as ink) - E. Maconchy
In praise of songs that die (Ah, they are passing, passing by) - J. Heggie
I saw a proud, mysterious cat (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering, D. Moore (The Mysterious Cat)
It is portentous, and a thing of state (from The Congo and Other Poems) - R. Bradley, R. Harris, E. Siegmeister, J. White (Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight)
It is portentous, and a thing of state - A. Betinis
Legree's big house was white and green (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - D. Moore (Simon Legree -- A Negro Sermon)
Of crows and clusters (Two old crows sat on a fence rail) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio
Old Euclid drew a circle (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - G. Bachlund, J. Heggie, E. Siegmeister, A. Tepper (Euclid)
Once I loved a spider (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor (The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly)
Once, in a night as black as ink - E. Maconchy (How Samson bore away the Gates of Gaza)
Once More -- To Gloriana (Girl with the burning golden eyes) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech)
Prologue: Once More - To Gloriana (Girl with the burning golden eyes) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech) - J. Heggie
Simon Legree -- A Negro Sermon (Legree's big house was white and green) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems)
Simon Legree (Legree's big house was white and green) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - D. Moore
The amaranth (Ah, in the night, all music haunts me here.) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Harbison
The dew, the rain and moonlight (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) CHI GER - M. Taylor (A Net to Snare the Moonlight (What the Man of Faith said))
The dim-winged spirits of the night - J. Heggie (What the scarecrow said)
The factory window song (Factory windows are always broken) - J. Heggie
The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring - J. Harbison, R. Sowash (The flower-fed buffaloes)
The flower-fed buffaloes (The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring) - J. Harbison, R. Sowash
The Grasshopper, the Grasshopper (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg (An Explanation of the Grasshopper)
The Haughty Snail-king (Twelve snails went walking after night) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
The Lion is a kingly beast (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor (The Lion)
The Lion (The Lion is a kingly beast) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor
The little turtle (There was a little turtle) (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Carpenter, H. Enders, H. Sherman, V. Weigl
The moon is but a candle-glow (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie (What the Forester said)
The moon is but a golden skull - M. Taylor (What the Hyena Said)
The moon? It is a griffin's egg (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (Yet Gentle will the Griffin be)
The moon's a brass-hooped water-keg (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (What the Miner in the Desert Said)
The moon's a cottage with a door (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) (Drying their Wings) -
The moon's a gong, hung in the wild (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie (What the Gray-winged Fairy Said)
(The) Moon's a Hoop (The moon's a paper jumping hoop, ") - M. Tyson
The moon's a little prairie-dog (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (What the Rattlesnake Said)
The moon's a monk, unmated (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor (The Strength of the Lonely (What the Mendicant Said))
The moon's a paper jumping hoop, " - M. Tyson
The moon's a peck of corn. It lies (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie (The Old Horse in the City)
The Moon's a snowball. See the drifts (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie (What the Snow Man said)
The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the little girl said) (The Moon's the North Wind's cooky) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
The Moon's the North Wind's cooky (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, E. Kettering, M. Taylor (The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the Little Girl Said))
The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (The Moon's the North Wind's cooky) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - E. Kettering
The Mouse That Gnawed the Oak-Tree Down (The mouse that gnawed the oak-tree down) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio, L. Gruenberg
The Mysterious Cat (I saw a proud, mysterious cat) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, E. Kettering, D. Moore
The Old Horse in the City (The moon's a peck of corn. It lies) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
There was a little turtle (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Carpenter, H. Enders, H. Sherman, V. Weigl (The little turtle)
The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly (Once I loved a spider) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, M. Taylor
The Statue of Old Andrew Jackson (Andrew Jackson was eight feet tall) (from The Golden Whales of California) - J. Jarrett
The Strength of the Lonely (What the Mendicant Said) (The moon's a monk, unmated) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
The Strength of the Lonely (The moon's a monk, unmated) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - M. Taylor
The sun says his prayers," said the fairy (from The Congo and Other Poems) - E. Kettering (The sun says his prayers)
The sun says his prayers (The sun says his prayers," said the fairy) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - E. Kettering
To a golden-haired girl in a Louisiana town (You are a sunrise)
To a golden-haired girl (You are a sunrise) - R. Hageman, G. McKay
Twelve snails went walking after night (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie (The Haughty Snail-king)
Two Old Crows (An exercise in stuttering for male voices) (Two old crows sat on a fence rail) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - H. Enders
Two old crows sat on a fence rail (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - N. Dello Joio, H. Enders, L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, E. Kettering (Two Old Crows)
Two Old Crows (Two old crows sat on a fence rail) (from The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems) - L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, E. Kettering
What Grandpa Told the Children (The moon? It is a griffin's egg) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - M. Taylor
What the Forester said (The moon is but a candle-glow) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
What the Gray-winged Fairy Said (The moon's a gong, hung in the wild) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
What the Hyena Said (The moon is but a golden skull) - M. Taylor
What the Little Girl Said (The Moon's the North Wind's cooky) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - M. Taylor
What the Man of Faith Said (The dew, the rain and moonlight) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - M. Taylor CHI GER
What the Miner in the Desert Said (The moon's a brass-hooped water-keg) (from The Congo and Other Poems) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor
What the Rattlesnake Said (The moon's a little prairie-dog) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie, M. Taylor
What the Scarecrow Said (The dim-winged spirits of the night) - J. Heggie
What the Snowman said (The Moon's a snowball. See the drifts) (from General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems) - J. Heggie
Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be (What Grandpa told the children) (The moon? It is a griffin's egg) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children) - J. Heggie
Yet Gentle will the Griffin be (The moon? It is a griffin's egg) (from The Congo and Other Poems - 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech - 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children)
You are a sunrise, if a star should rise instead of the sun (To a golden-haired girl in a Louisiana town) - R. Hageman, G. McKay
You are a sunrise - R. Hageman, G. McKay (To a golden-haired girl in a Louisiana town)

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