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

All in green went my love riding
Language: English 
All in green went my love riding
on a great horse of gold
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
the merry deer ran before. 

Fleeter be they than dappled dreams
the swift sweet deer
the red rare deer. 

Four red roebuck at a white water
the cruel bugle sang before. 

Horn at hip went my love riding
riding the echo down
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
the level meadows ran before. 

Softer be they than slippered sleep
the lean lithe deer
the fleet flown deer. 

Four fleet does at a gold valley
the famished arrow sang before. 

Bow at belt went my love riding
riding the mountain down
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
the sheer peaks ran before. 

Paler be they than daunting death
the sleek slim deer
the tall tense deer. 

Four tell stags at a green mountain
the lucky hunter sang before. 

All in green went my love riding
on a great horse of gold
into the silver dawn. 

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
my heart fell dead before.

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Text Authorship:

  • by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 1. Songs, no. 4, first published 1923 [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 Henk Badings (1907 - 1987), "All in green went my love riding", from 8 songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by David Leo Diamond (1915 - 2005), "All in green went my love riding", published 1950 [ SSA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Brian Holmes (b. 1946), "All in green went my love riding" [ high voice, horn quartet ], from Three Hunting Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nelson H. Keyes (b. 1928), "All in green went my love riding" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ellen Mandel , "All in green went my love riding" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Schickele (b. 1935), "All in green went my love riding", from Baptism: A Journey through Our Time [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Barbara Ulman , "All in green went my love riding", 1988 [ voice, piano, French horn ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Dan Welcher (b. 1948), "All in green went my love riding", from Seven Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2005-07-06
Line count: 35
Word count: 190

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