by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
Language: English
hist whist
little ghostthings
tip-toe
twinkle-toe
little itchy
witches and tingling
goblins
hob-a-nob hob-a-nob
little hoppy happy
toad in tweeds
tweeds
little itchy mousies
with scuttling
eyes rustle and run and
hidehidehide
whisk
whisk look out for the old woman
with the wart on her nose
what she'll do to yer
nobody knows
for she knows the devil ooch
the devil ouch
the devil
ach the great
green
dancing
devil
devil
devil
devil
wheeEEE
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "hist whist", 1983, published 1998 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from chansons innocentes (1923), no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 2. Chansons innocentes, no. 2, first published 1923
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 31
Word count: 75