by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the little girl said) Matches original text
Language: English
When does the moon look like a cooky with a big bite out of it? I wonder who eats the moon-scraps. What the Little Girl said The Moon's the North Wind's cooky. He bites it, day by day, Until there's but a rim of scraps That crumble all away. The South Wind is a baker. He kneads clouds in his den, And bakes a crisp new moon that . . . greedy North . . . Wind . . . eats . . . again!
Composition:
- Set to music by Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the little girl said) ", 1998, first performed 1998 [ voice and piano ], from Songs to the Moon, Part 1: "Fairy-Tales for the Children", no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the Little Girl Said)", appears in The Congo and Other Poems, in 4. Fourth Section: Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech, in 1. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children, no. 4, first published 1914
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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-29
Line count: 11
Word count: 86