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by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914)

Rapunzel
Language: English 
All day, all day I brush
My golden strands of hair;
All day I wait and wait..
Ah, who is there?

Who calls? Who calls? The gold
Ladder of my long hair
I loose and wait..and wait..
Ah, who is there?

She left at dawn..I am blind
In the tangle of my long hair..
Is it she? the witch? the witch?
Ah, who is there?

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Rapunzel", appears in Verse, first published 1915 [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Rapunzel", 1935, published 1947 [ soprano and piano ], Southern/Texas [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by John Charles Sacco (1905 - 1987), "Rapunzel", published 1941 [ high voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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