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by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)

Mexican Market Woman
Language: English 
This ancient hag
Who sits upon the ground
Selling her scanty wares
Day in, day round,
Has known high wind-swept mountains,
And the sun has made
Her skin so brown.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Mexican Market Woman", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926 [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 Frederick Piket (1903 - 1974), "Mexican Market Woman", published 1948 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Sea Charm [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sam Raphling (b. 1910), "Mexican Market Woman", published 1971 [ voice and piano ], from Shadows in the Sun: Eleven Poems by Langston Hughes, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-07
Line count: 7
Word count: 30

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