by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
Buffalo Bill's Matches original text
Language: English
Buffalo Bill 's
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death
First published as "III" in Seven Poems, in The Dial, Vol. 68 no. 1, January 1920
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Buffalo Bill's", 1991, published 1998 [ medium voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 7. Portraits, no. 8, first published 1920
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-10-01
Line count: 11
Word count: 37