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

Tumbling‑hair
Language: English 
Tumbling-hair
                         picker of buttercups
                                                            violets
dandelions
And the big bullying daisies
                                    through the field wonderful
with eyes a little sorry
Another comes
                    also picking flowers

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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 2. Chansons innocentes, no. 3, 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), "Tumbling-hair", 1983, published 1998 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from chansons innocentes (1923), no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992), "Another Comes", published 1960 [ contralto and piano ], from 5 Songs for Contralto, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. Lehman Engel (b. 1910), "Tumbling-hair", published 1939 [ SSA chorus and piano obbligato ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Elliot Kaplan (b. 1931), "Tumbling-hair", published 1965 [ voice and piano ], from Six Etudes for Voice and Piano [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Salvatore Giovanni Martirano (1927 - 1995), "Tumbling-hair", published 1967 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Mennin (1923 - 1983), "Tumbling-Hair", published 1949 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Myers (b. 1941), "Tumbling-hair", 1968, published 1972 [ SA chorus and percussion ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Nordoff (1909 - 1977), "Tumbling-Hair", published 1948 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Songs to Poems by E. E. Cummings, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 9
Word count: 25

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