by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
hist whist/ little ghostthings
Language: English
hist whist
little ghostthings
tip-toe
twinkle-toe
little [itchy]1
witches and tingling
goblins
hob-a-nob hob-a-nob
little hoppy happy
toad in tweeds
tweeds
little itchy mousies
with scuttling
eyes rustle and run and
hidehidehide
whisk
whisk look out for the old woman
with the wart on her nose
what she'll do to yer
nobody knows
for she knows the devil ooch
the devil ouch
the devil
ach the great
green
dancing
devil
devil
devil
devil
wheeEEE
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View original text (without footnotes)1 W. Mayer: "twitchy"
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 2. Chansons innocentes, no. 2, 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "hist whist", 1983, published 1998 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from chansons innocentes (1923), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Laurence Bergsma (1921 - 1994), "hist whist", published 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from Six Songs to Poems by E. E. Cummings, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992), "hist whist", published 1960 [ contralto and piano ], from 5 Songs for Contralto, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conrad De Jong (b. 1934), "hist whist", published 1969 [ medium voice, flute, viola, percussion ], New York : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "hist whist", 1952, published 1957 [ soprano and piano ], Southern/NY [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Lehman Engel (b. 1910), no title, published 1939 [ SSA chorus and piano obbligato ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert William Jones (1932 - 1997), "hist whist", published 1970 [ SATB chorus (speaking), percussion, and optional orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elliot Kaplan (b. 1931), no title, published 1965 [ voice and piano ], from Six Etudes for Voice and Piano [sung text not yet checked]
- by Salvatore Giovanni Martirano (1927 - 1995), no title, published 1967 [ high voice, piano ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Mayer (b. 1925), "hist whist", 1980 [ soprano, clarinet, and piano ], from Enter Ariel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Myers (b. 1941), no title [ SA chorus and percussion ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "Hist Whist", op. 46 no. 2, published 1952 [ SA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert E. Pollock (b. 1946), "Theater Piece", published 1977 [ SSA chorus and prepared piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 31
Word count: 74