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
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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 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