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