by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Language: English
Let us fling to the winds all moping and madness, Play us a jig in the spirit of gladness On the creaky old squeaky strings of the fiddle. The why of the world is an answerless riddle Puzzlesome, tiresome, hard to unriddle. To the seventeen devils with sapient sadness: Tra la, tra la.
Composition:
- Set to music by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Let us fling ", 1989, first performed 1991 [ baritone and piano ], from Shine and Dark, no. 7, Schott Music
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-23
Line count: 7
Word count: 53