by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
wanta spend six dollars kid
Language: English
wanta
spendsix
dollars Kid
2 for the room
and
four for the girl
thewoman wasnot
quite Fourteen till she smiled
then
Centuries she
soft ly
repeated
well whadyas ay
dear
wan
taspend
six
Dollars
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), appears in Early Poems, first published 1916-7 [author's text not yet checked 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), "wanta spend six dollars kid", 1985 [high soprano and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 18
Word count: 35