by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
raise the shade
Language: English
raise the shade
will youse dearie?
rain
wouldn’t that
get yer goat but
we don’t care do
we dearie we should
worry about the rain
huh
dearie?
yknow
i’m
sorry for awl the
poor girls that
gets up god
knows when every
day of their
lives
aint you,
oo-oo. dearie
not so
hard dear
you’re killing me
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Note: this poem entered the public domain in 2021.
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in & [AND], in 1. A, in 2. Portraits, no. 5, first published 1925 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "raise the shade will youse dearie?", 1990 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], from e. e.'s songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991), "raise the shade", published 1978 [ medium voice and piano ], from Five Cummings Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-09
Line count: 23
Word count: 57