by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Lady's boogie
Language: English
See that lady Dressed so fine? She ain’t got boogie-woogie On her mind – But if she was to listen I bet she’d hear, Way up in the treble The tingle of a tear. Be-Bach!
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Lady's boogie" [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), "Lady's boogie", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from American Pierrot: A Langston Hughes Songbook, no. 4, Great River Music, GRM-01037 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 35