The moon is naked. The wind has undressed the moon. The wind has blown all the cloud-garments Off the body of the moon And now she's naked, Stark naked. But why don't you blush, O shameless moon? Don't you know It isn't nice to be naked?
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "March moon", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926 [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 Hale Smith (b. 1925), "March moon", published 1970 [ high voice and piano ], from Beyond the Rim of Day [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Marianne Pierson-Piérard (1907 - 1981) , copyright © ; composed by Marcel Poot.
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