by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
In Just‑spring Matches original text
Language: English
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee --
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's
spring
and
the
goat-footed
balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
First published as "IV" in Five Poems, in The Dial, Volume 68 no. 5, May 1920, and in 1923 in Tulips and Chimneys.
Composition:
- Set to music by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "In Just-spring", published 1980 [ soprano and piano or chamber orchestra ], from Songs about Spring, 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. 1, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 60