Wine-maiden Of the jazz-tuned night Lips Sweet as purple dew, Breasts Like the pillows of all sweet dreams, Who crushed The grapes of joy And dripped the juice On you?
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Midnight dancer", subtitle: "To a Black Dancer in the Little Savoy" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert G. Patterson (b. 1957), "Midnight dancer", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from American Pierrot: A Langston Hughes Songbook, no. 2, Great River Music, GRM-01037 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-29
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