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by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

We two boys
 (Sung text for setting by G. Bachlund)
 Matches base text
Language: English 
We two boys together clinging,
One the other never leaving,
Up and down the roads going - North and South excursions making,
Power enjoying - elbows stretching - fingers clutching,
Arm'd and fearless - eating, drinking, sleeping, loving,
No law less than ourselves owning - sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening,
Misers, menials, priests alarming - air breathing, water drinking,
On the turf or the sea-beach dancing,
Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feebleness chasing,
Fulfilling our foray.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "We two boys", 2009 [ baritone and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "We two boys together clinging", appears in Leaves of Grass, first published 1900

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 70

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