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