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), no title, published 1939 [ SSA chorus and piano obbligato ], from Chansons Innocentes [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 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), no title, 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]
- by Laura Schwendinger (b. 1962), "Tumbling-hair" [ voice and piano ], from Chansons Innocentes, no. 3, Hildegard [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