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

in Just‑/ spring when the world is mud
Language: English 
in Just-
spring          when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
 
whistles       far         and wee --
 
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
 
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far       and         wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
 
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
 
it's
spring
and
        the
 
                goat-footed
 
balloonMan         whistles
far
                                and
                wee

About the headline (FAQ)

First published as "IV" in Five Poems, in The Dial, Volume 68 no. 5, May 1920, and in 1923 in Tulips and Chimneys.


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. 1, first published 1920 [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 Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "In Just-spring", published 1980 [ soprano and piano or chamber orchestra ], from Songs about Spring, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "in Just-", 1983, published 1998 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from chansons innocentes (1923), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Allan Blank (b. 1925), "In Just-" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992), "In Just-", published 1960 [ contralto and piano ], from 5 Songs for Contralto, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Winfield Clark , "In Just-spring", 2004 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Just-spring", 1949, published 1954 [ voice and piano ], Carl Fischer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. Lehman Engel (b. 1910), "In Just-", published 1939 [ SSA chorus and piano obbligato ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jack Fortner , "In Just-", published 1967 [ female voice and instrumental ensemble ], from S pr ING [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "in Just—", 2016, copyright © 2018, first performed 2018 [ soprano, unaccompanied ], from In Spring -- 3 Songs for Unaccompanied Soprano on Poems by E. E. Cummings, no. 3, E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Patrick Harrex (b. c1946), "In Just", published 1969, copyright © 1969 [ female voice, flute, and percussion ], from Sonata, no. 1, London, Ars Viva [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ellen Mandel , "in Just-spring" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Salvatore Giovanni Martirano (1927 - 1995), no title, published 1967 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons Innocentes, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Myers (b. 1941), no title [ SA chorus and percussion ], from Chansons Innocentes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "In Just-", published 1964 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Spring Cantata [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Laura Schwendinger (b. 1962), "in Just-spring" [ voice and piano ], from Chansons Innocentes, no. 2, Hildegard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Monte Tubb (b. 1933), "In Just-Spring", published 1966 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982), "In Just Spring" [ soli and SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by James Yannatos (1929 - 2011), "In Just-", published 1972 [ SSATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Settings of E. E. Cummings [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 60

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