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by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)

Orange in
Language: English 
Go lack go lack use to her.
Cocoa and clear soup and oranges and oat-meal.
Whist bottom whist close, whist clothes, woodling.
Cocoa and clear soup and oranges and oat-meal.
Pain soup, suppose it is question, suppose it is butter, 
real is, real is only, only excreate, only excreate a no since.
A no, a no since, a no since when, a no since when since, 
a no since when since a no since when since, 
a no since, a no since when since, a no since, 
a no, a no since a no since, a no since, a no since.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), "Orange in", appears in Tender Buttons, in Food, first published 1914 [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 Alan Thomas , "Orange in", published 1965 [SSAA chorus a cappella], from Tender Buttons [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-22
Line count: 10
Word count: 101

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