by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
Tumbling‑hair Matches original text
Language: English
Tumbling-hair
picker of buttercups
violets
dandelions
And the big bullying daisies
through the field wonderful
with eyes a little sorry
Another comes
also picking flowers
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Tumbling-hair", 1983, published 1998 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from chansons innocentes (1923), no. 3
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. 3, 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: 9
Word count: 25