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by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)

hist whist
 (Sung text for setting by W. Mayer)
 See original
Language: English 
hist whist
little ghostthings
tip-toe
twinkle-toe
little twitchy
witches and tingling
goblins
hob-a-nob          hob-a-nob
little hoppy happy
toad in tweeds
tweeds
little itchy mousies
with scuttling
eyes        rustle and run          and
hidehidehide
whisk
whisk          look out for the old woman
with the wart on her nose
what she'll do to yer
nobody knows
for she knows the devil            ooch
the devil        ouch
the devil
ach        the great
green
dancing
devil
devil
 
devil
devil
 
                    wheeEEE

Composition:

    Set to music by William Mayer (b. 1925), "hist whist", 1980 [ soprano, clarinet, and piano ], from Enter Ariel

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. 2, 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: 31
Word count: 75

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