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Author: (James Mercer) Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Fields of Wonder
Fine Clothes to the Jew
Good Morning Revolution
Montage of a Dream Deferred
One-Way Ticket
Shakespeare in Harlem
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
The Panther and the Lash
The Weary Blues

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A black pierrot (I am a black pierrot) (from The Weary Blues) - W. Still, R. Thompson *
A house in Taos (Thunder of the Rain God: ) *
R. Owens: A house in Taos

A man knocked three times (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Madam and the wrong visitor

A wild poppy-flower (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Poppy flower

African Dance (The low beating of the tom-toms ) (from The Weary Blues) - C. Muse GER *
Afrikanischer Tanz (Grollen die Tomtoms ) - A. Zemlinsky, A. Zemlinsky *
After many Springs (Now, in June, when the night is a vast softness) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling *
Alabama earth (While over Alabama earth) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - H. Stilson *
Am a bad boy, bad boy GER *
and here is old Picasso (from The Panther and the Lash) *
E. Siegmeister, D. Gilliam: The dove

Anybody/ better than/ nobody (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
G. Raphael, R. Owens: Desert

April rain song (Let the rain kiss you ) - R. Nathaniel *
As I grew older (It was a long time ago) (from The Weary Blues) - G. Raphael *
At the feet o' Jesus *
F. Price: Feet o' Jesus

At the feet of Jesus (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - T. Harper [x] *
Aunt Sue has a head full of stories *
W. Grosz: Aunt Sue's Stories

Aunt Sue's Stories (Aunt Sue has a head full of stories) - W. Grosz *
Bad boy (Am a bad boy, bad boy) GER *
Ballad of the Landlord (Landlord, landlord,/ My roof has sprung a leak.) - W. Bolcom *
Bänkelsänger (Nur weil mein Mund vom Lachen breit ist ) - H. Reutter *
Beale Street (The dream is vague ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Bear in mind that death is a drum GER *
H. Reutter, S. Adler, P. Fetler, S. Kagen, G. Raphael: Drum

Beat the drums of tragedy for me *
H. Adams: Drums of Tragedy

Because my mouth (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) GER *
M. Bonds, H. Reutter, G. Raphael: Minstrel man

Beggar boy (What is there within this beggar lad) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket, S. Raphling *
Bin ein übler, übler Bursche *
A. Zemlinsky: Übler Bursche

Blues at Dawn (I don't dare start thinking in the morning ) (from Montage of a Dream Deferred) *
L. Feather: Blues Fantasy

Blues Fantasy (I don't dare start thinking in the morning ) (from Montage of a Dream Deferred) - L. Feather *
Blues Fantasy (Hey! Hey! That's what the blues singers say) (from The Weary Blues) *
J. Carpenter: The cryin' blues

Border line (I used to wonder) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens, S. Hovey, R. Gordon *
Bound no'th blues (Goin' down the road, Lawd ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
M. Koval: Road, road, road

Bring me all of your dreams (from The Weary Blues) *
C. De Jong, S. Hovey, S. Raphling: The Dream Keeper

Burden (It is not weariness ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Canto de una muchacha negra - S. Revueltas GER (Text: after Langston Hughes) [x] *
Carolina Cabin (There's hanging moss and holly ) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens *
Childhood Memories (Mama remembers the four-leaf clover ) - E. Siegmeister *
Chippy (Rose of neon darkness) - R. Owens *
Circles (The circles spin round ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Come, let us roam the night together singing *
W. Grosz, M. Flothuis: Harlem Night Song

Comment on War (Let us kill off youth for the sake of truth ) - N. Rorem *
Convent (Tell me,/ Is there peace/ Behind your high stone walls) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Could be (Could be Hastings Street) - J. Musto *
Could be Hastings Street *
J. Musto: Could be

Dancers (Stealing from the night ) - R. Owens *
Danse Africaine (The low beating of the tom-toms ) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Work, J. Work GER *
De railroad bridge's a sad song in de air (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
H. Adams, A. Donato, M. Koval: Homesick blues
J. Wolfe: Sad song in de air

Dear Death: I got your message that my son is dead (from The Panther and the Lash) *
E. Siegmeister: Official notice

Death of an old seaman (We buried him high on the windy hill) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket, C. Cohen *
Demand (Listen! ) - H. Cowell *
Democracy (Democracy will not come today, this year) (from One-Way Ticket) - I. Heilner *
Democracy will not come today, this year (from One-Way Ticket) *
I. Heilner: Democracy

Desert (Anybody/ better than/ nobody) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - G. Raphael, R. Owens *
Desire (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens [x] *
Disillusion (I want to be simple again ) GER *
Dream (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens [x] *
Dream deferred (What happens to a dream deferred?) (from The Panther and the Lash) - F. Brazinski *
Dream variation (To fling my arms wide in some place in the sun ) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Bonds *
Dream variations (To fling my arms wide in some place in the sun ) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Thompson, W. Mayer *
Dream-singers, story-tellers, dancers (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
M. Koval: My people

Dreams (Hold fast to dreams) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. De Jong *
Dressed up (I had ma clothes cleaned just like new) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - N. Keyes *
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune (from The Weary Blues) *
D. Moore: The weary blues

Drum (Bear in mind that death is a drum ) - H. Reutter, S. Adler, P. Fetler, S. Kagen, G. Raphael GER *
Drums of Tragedy (Beat the drums of tragedy for me) - H. Adams *
Dustbowl (The land ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Elend (Spielt die Blues für mich ) - A. Zemlinsky
End (There are/ No clocks on the wall) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: The end

Epilogue - M. Flothuis [x] *
Erkenntnis (Ich möchte weider einfacgh sein ) - A. Zemlinsky *
Evenin' air blues (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - L. Goodloe [x] *
Exits (The sea is deep) - R. Owens *
Eyes/ That are frozen/ From not crying *
R. Owens: Grief

Faithful one (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens [x] *
Feet o' Jesus (At the feet o' Jesus) - F. Price *
Feet o' Jesus (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) [x] *
T. Harper: At the feet of Jesus

Flotsam (On the shoals of Nowhere) - W. Mayer *
For dead mimes (O white-faced mimes) - R. Owens *
Fortune teller looked in my hand (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister, B. Roe: Madam and the Fortune Teller

Four walls can hold/ So much pain (from Fields of Wonder) [x] *
R. Owens: Walls

Fragments (Whispers/ Of springtime) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Freedom is just frosting *
D. Gilliam: Frosting

Frosting (Freedom is just frosting ) - D. Gilliam *
Fulfillment (The earth-meaning ) - H. Cowell, R. Owens *
Gather up (from Fields of Wonder) *
S. Kagen, R. Owens: Prayer

Gather up in the arms of your pity *
J. Musto: Litany

Genius child (This is a song for the genius child) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens, R. Gordon *
Gifts (To some people ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Girl (She lived in sinful happiness ) - R. Owens *
Go and get the enemy blues - W. Handy [x] *
God to Hungry Child (Hungry child, I didn't make this world for you) (from Good Morning Revolution) *
F. Rzewski: Lullaby: God to a hungry child

Goin' down the road, Lawd (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
M. Koval: Road, road, road

Golden brown blues - W. Handy [x] *
Grave yard (Here is that sleeping place) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Grief (Eyes/ That are frozen/ From not crying) - R. Owens *
Grollen die Tomtoms *
A. Zemlinsky, A. Zemlinsky: Afrikanischer Tanz

Gypsy man (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - H. Enders [x] *
Gypsy melodies (Songs that break ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Harlem Night Club (Sleek black boys in a cabaret) (from The Weary Blues) *
J. Carpenter: Jazz-Boys

Harlem Night Song (Come, let us roam the night together singing) - W. Grosz, M. Flothuis *
Havana Dreams (The dream is a cocktail at Sloppy Joe's -- ) - R. Owens *
Heart (Pierrot took his heart and hung it on a wayside wall ) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens *
Heaven (Heaven is/ The place where/ Happiness is/ Everywhere) - R. Gordon *
Heaven is/ The place where/ Happiness is/ Everywhere *
R. Gordon: Heaven

Here is that sleeping place (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Grave yard

Hey! Hey! That's what the blues singers say (from The Weary Blues) *
J. Carpenter: The cryin' blues

Hold fast to dreams (Hold fast to dreams) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - L. Lehrman *
Hold fast to dreams (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
L. Lehrman: Hold fast to dreams
C. De Jong: Dreams

Homesick blues (De railroad bridge's a sad song in de air ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - H. Adams, A. Donato, M. Koval *
How still, how strangely still (from The Weary Blues) *
D. Gilliam, F. Piket: Sea calm

How thin and sharp is the moon tonight! *
R. Gordon: Winter moon

Hungry child, I didn't make this world for you (from Good Morning Revolution) *
F. Rzewski: Lullaby: God to a hungry child

I am a black pierrot (from The Weary Blues) *
W. Still, R. Thompson: A black pierrot

I ask you this *
H. Adams, R. Gordon: Prayer

I catch the pattern *
R. Owens: Silence

I do not hate you, for your faces are beautiful, too (from The Weary Blues) *
M. Flothuis: The white ones

I don't dare start thinking in the morning (from Montage of a Dream Deferred) *
L. Feather: Blues Fantasy

I had ma clothes cleaned just like new (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
N. Keyes: Dressed up

I had some cards printed *
B. Roe: Madam's Calling Cards

I had two husbands. *
B. Roe: Madam and her Might-Have-Been

I kiss your lips - A. Hague [x] *
I loved my friend (I loved my friend ) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Green *
I loved my friend (from The Weary Blues) *
S. Raphling: Poem (To F.S.)
R. Green: I loved my friend

I sat there singing her *
R. Owens: Songs

I, too (I, too sing America, I am the darker brother ) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Bonds, O. Mortensen *
I, too, sing America (I, too sing America, I am the darker brother ) (from The Weary Blues) - K. Pahlen, L. Bernstein, S. Hovey *
I, too sing America, I am the darker brother (from The Weary Blues) *
K. Pahlen, L. Bernstein, S. Hovey: I, too, sing America
M. Bonds, O. Mortensen: I, too
R. Thompson: I, too sing America

I used to wonder (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens, S. Hovey, R. Gordon: Border line

I want to be simple again GER *
I went down to the river (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Life is fine

I went to look for Joy (from The Weary Blues) *
H. Swanson, R. Gordon: Joy

I work all day, said Simple John (from The Weary Blues) *
H. Swanson: Pierrot

I would liken you to a night without stars (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
C. De Jong: Quiet girl

Ich möchte weider einfacgh sein *
A. Zemlinsky: Erkenntnis

I'm deep in trouble, nobody to understand (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
W. Grosz, E. Harris: Moan

In the dark/ Before the tall/ Moon came (from Fields of Wonder) *
H. Swanson, R. Owens: Night song

In the dark they fell a crying for the dead who'd gone away (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
F. Piket: Irish wake

In time of silver rain (In time of silver rain) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger, R. Owens, H. Swanson *
In time of silver rain (from Fields of Wonder) *
J. Berger, R. Owens, H. Swanson: In time of silver rain

In times of stormy weather *
R. Gordon: Strange hurt

Irish wake (In the dark they fell a crying for the dead who'd gone away ) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket *
Island (Wave of sorrow) - J. Musto *
It is not weariness (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Burden

It was a long time ago (from The Weary Blues) *
G. Raphael: As I grew older

I've known rivers (I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world ) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Berger, J. Work
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world (from The Weary Blues)
M. Bonds, H. Swanson, R. Thompson: The Negro speaks of rivers
J. Berger, J. Work: I've known rivers
G. Bachlund: The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Jame - R. Owens [x] *
Jazz-Boys (Sleek black boys in a cabaret) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter *
Joy (I went to look for Joy) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Swanson, R. Gordon *
Juliet (Wonder and pain and terror, and sick silly songs) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens *
Kid in the park (Lonely little question mark ) - R. Gordon *
Landlord, landlord,/ My roof has sprung a leak. *
W. Bolcom: Ballad of the Landlord

Last call - F. Brazinski [x] *
Laughers (Dream-singers, story-tellers, dancers) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
M. Koval: My people

Let all who will eat quietly the bread of shame (from The Panther and the Lash) *
M. Koval: Pride

Let the rain kiss you *
R. Nathaniel: April rain song

Let us kill off youth for the sake of truth *
N. Rorem: Comment on War

Let's go see Old Abe (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
S. Raphling: Lincoln Monument

Lied aus Dixieland (Weit unten, im Süden, in Dixieland ) - A. Zemlinsky SPA *
Lied für eine dunkles Mädchen (Tief im Süden Dixies) - H. Reutter SPA *
Life is fine (I went down to the river) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister *
Lincoln Monument: Washington (Let's go see Old Abe) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
S. Raphling: Lincoln Monument

Lincoln Monument (Let's go see Old Abe) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - S. Raphling *
Listen! *
H. Cowell: Demand

Listen here, Joe (Listen here, Joe ) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister *
Listen here, Joe (from The Panther and the Lash) *
E. Siegmeister: Listen here, Joe

Litany (Gather up in the arms of your pity) - J. Musto *
Little girl/ Dreaming of a baby grand piano *
R. Gordon: To be somebody

Little snail (from Fields of Wonder) *
G. Raphael: Snail

Little song (Lonely people In the lonely night ) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens *
Lonely/ As the wind/ On the Lincoln Prairies (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: One

Lonely little question mark *
R. Gordon: Kid in the park

Lonely people (Lonely people In the lonely night ) (from Fields of Wonder) - J. Berger *
Lonely people In the lonely night (from Fields of Wonder) *
J. Berger: Lonely people
R. Owens: Little song

Long trip (The sea is a wilderness of waves) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket *
Love (Love is a wild wonder) - D. Gilliam *
Love is a wild wonder *
D. Gilliam: Love

Love is like dew on lilacs at dawn *
W. Still: The breath of a rose

Lovely, dark, and lonely one (Lovely, dark, and lonely one ) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - H. Burleigh *
Lovely, dark, and lonely one (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
H. Burleigh: Lovely, dark, and lonely one

(Lovely night) Without you - L. Feather [x] *
Luck (Sometimes a crumb falls ) - R. Owens *
Lullaby: God to a hungry child (Hungry child, I didn't make this world for you) (from Good Morning Revolution) - F. Rzewski *
Madam and her Might-Have-Been (I had two husbands. ) - B. Roe *
Madam and the Census Man (The census man, the day he came round ) (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Madam and the Census Man

Madam and the Fortune Teller (Fortune teller looked in my hand) (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister, B. Roe: Madam and the Fortune Teller

Madam and the Minister (Reverend Butler came by my house last week) (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister, B. Roe: Madam and the Minister

Madam and the Number Writer (Number runner come to my door ) (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Madam and the Number Runner

Madam and the Rent Man (The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy-do?) (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Madam and the Rent Man

Madam and the Number Runner (Number runner come to my door ) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister *
Madam and the wrong visitor (A man knocked three times ) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister *
Madam's Calling Cards (I had some cards printed) - B. Roe *
Mama and Daughter (Mama, please brush off my coat ) (from One-Way Ticket) - E. Siegmeister *
Mama, please brush off my coat (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Mama and Daughter

Mama remembers the four-leaf clover *
E. Siegmeister: Childhood Memories

Man (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens [x] *
March moon (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith [x] *
Mexican Market Woman (This ancient hag who sits upon the ground) (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Piket, S. Raphling: Mexican Market Woman

Militant (Let all who will eat quietly the bread of shame) (from The Panther and the Lash) *
M. Koval: Pride

Minstrel man (Because my mouth ) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - M. Bonds, H. Reutter, G. Raphael GER *
Misery (Play the blues for me ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - W. Grosz GER *
Moan (I'm deep in trouble, nobody to understand ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - W. Grosz, E. Harris *
Monotony (Today like yesterday ) - R. Thompson *
Montmartre (Pigalle:/ A neon rose/ In a champagne bottle.) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Moonlight Night: Carmel (Tonight the waves march ) - H. Cowell *
Mother and Daughter (Mama, please brush off my coat ) (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Mama and Daughter

Mother to son (Well, son, I'll tell you ) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Johnson *
My dream (To fling my arms wide in some place in the sun ) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Price *
My people (Dream-singers, story-tellers, dancers) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval *
My people (The night is beautiful) - R. Gordon *
New moon (There's a new young moon ) - R. Gordon *
Night and morn (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - N. Keyes [x] *
Night: Four Songs (Night of the two moons ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - S. Hovey, R. Owens *
Night of the two moons (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
S. Hovey, R. Owens: Night: Four Songs

Night song (In the dark/ Before the tall/ Moon came ) (from Fields of Wonder) - H. Swanson, R. Owens *
Night: Four Songs (Night of the two moons ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
S. Hovey, R. Owens: Night: Four Songs

No crystal stair (Well, son, I'll tell you ) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Thomas *
No rose need ask (Norma, this morning, along the roadside through the valley) - E. Siegmeister *
Norma, this morning, along the roadside through the valley *
E. Siegmeister: No rose need ask

Now, in June, when the night is a vast softness (from The Weary Blues) *
S. Raphling: After many Springs

Number runner come to my door (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Madam and the Number Runner

Nur weil mein Mund vom Lachen breit ist *
H. Reutter: Bänkelsänger

O, sweep of stars over Harlem streets (from Fields of Wonder) *
F. Brazinski, S. Hovey: Stars

O white-faced mimes *
R. Owens: For dead mimes

Official notice (Dear Death: I got your message that my son is dead) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister *
On a Christmas night [x] *
J. Huntley: On a Christmas night

On a pallet of straw - J. Meyerowitz [x] *
On the shoals of Nowhere *
W. Mayer: Flotsam

Once you were young now, hunched in the cold (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
F. Piket: Parisian beggar woman

One (Lonely/ As the wind/ On the Lincoln Prairies) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Parisian beggar woman (Once you were young now, hunched in the cold ) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket *
Peace (We passed their graves: ) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister
Pierrot (I work all day, said Simple John) (from The Weary Blues) - H. Swanson *
Pierrot took his heart and hung it on a wayside wall (from Fields of Wonder) *
J. Berger, R. Owens: Heart

Pigalle:/ A neon rose/ In a champagne bottle. (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Montmartre

Play the blues for me (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) GER *
J. Carpenter: That soothin' song
W. Grosz: Misery

Po' Boy Blues (When I was home de) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
M. Koval: Po' Boys' Blues

Po' Boys' Blues (When I was home de) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval *
Poème d'automone (from The Weary Blues) [x] *
H. Smith: Poème d'automone

Poem - P. Siskind [x] *
Poem (To F.S.) (I loved my friend ) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling *
Poème d'automone (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith [x] *
Poppy flower (A wild poppy-flower ) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
Prayer (I ask you this ) - H. Adams, R. Gordon *
Prayer (Gather up ) (from Fields of Wonder) - S. Kagen, R. Owens *
Pride (Let all who will eat quietly the bread of shame) (from The Panther and the Lash) - M. Koval *
Proem - M. Flothuis [x] *
Question (When the old junk man Death) (from The Weary Blues) - G. Bachlund
Quiet girl (I would liken you to a night without stars) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. De Jong *
Red sun blues - A. Hague [x] *
Regardless - L. Feather [x] *
Remembrance (To wander through this living world ) - R. Owens *
Reverend Butler came by my house last week (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister, B. Roe: Madam and the Minister

Road, road, road (Goin' down the road, Lawd ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - M. Koval *
Roland Hayes beaten (Georgia 1942) - M. Flothuis [x] *
Rose of neon darkness *
R. Owens: Chippy

Sad song in de air (De railroad bridge's a sad song in de air ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - J. Wolfe *
Sailor (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - F. Piket [x] *
Sea calm (How still, how strangely still ) (from The Weary Blues) - D. Gilliam, F. Piket *
Sea charm (The sea's own children do not understand) (from The Weary Blues) - R. Green, E. Harris, F. Piket *
Seascape (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket [x] *
Shake your brown feet, honey (Shake your brown feet, honey) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter [x] *
Shake your brown feet, honey (from The Weary Blues) [x] *
J. Carpenter: Shake your brown feet, honey

Share-croppers (from Shakespeare in Harlem) - J. Rubel [x] *
She lived in sinful happiness *
R. Owens: Girl

She stands/ In the quiet darkness (from The Weary Blues) *
S. Raphling, H. Smith, M. Flothuis, R. Gordon: Troubled woman

Sick room (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling [x] *
Silence (I catch the pattern ) - R. Owens *
Silhouette (Southern gentle lady ) (from One-Way Ticket) - J. Musto, S. Hovey *
Sleek black boys in a cabaret (from The Weary Blues) *
J. Carpenter: Jazz-Boys

Sleep (When the lips ) - R. Owens *
Snail (Little snail) (from Fields of Wonder) - G. Raphael *
Soledad (A Cuban Portrait) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling [x] *
Sometimes a crumb falls *
R. Owens: Luck

Song (Lovely, dark, and lonely one ) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
H. Burleigh: Lovely, dark, and lonely one

Song for a banjo dance (Shake your brown feet, honey) (from The Weary Blues) [x] *
J. Carpenter: Shake your brown feet, honey

Song for a Dark Girl (Way Down South in Dixie ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - H. Reutter, D. Moore, S. Revueltas, R. Gordon GER SPA *
Songs (I sat there singing her ) - R. Owens *
Songs that break (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Gypsy melodies

Songs to the dark virgin (Would that I were a jewel ) (from The Weary Blues) - F. Price *
Southern gentle lady (from One-Way Ticket) *
J. Musto, S. Hovey: Silhouette

Spielt die Blues für mich
A. Zemlinsky: Elend

Spirituals (from Fields of Wonder) - F. Brazinski [x] *
Stars (O, sweep of stars over Harlem streets) (from Fields of Wonder) - F. Brazinski, S. Hovey *
Stealing from the night *
R. Owens: Dancers

Stony Lonesome [x] *
F. Brazinski: Stony Lonesome

Strange hurt (In times of stormy weather ) - R. Gordon *
Suicide's note (The calm, cool face of the river) (from The Weary Blues) - C. Hibbs, S. Raphling *
Tambourines - F. Brazinski [x] *
Tell me,/ Is there peace/ Behind your high stone walls (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Convent

That little yaller gal wid blue-green eyes *
W. Grosz: The New Cabaret Girl

That soothin' song (Play the blues for me ) (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) - J. Carpenter GER *
The breath of a rose (Love is like dew on lilacs at dawn) - W. Still *
The calm, cool face of the river (from The Weary Blues) *
C. Hibbs, S. Raphling: Suicide's note

The census man, the day he came round (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Madam and the Census Man

The circles spin round (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Circles

The cryin' blues (Hey! Hey! That's what the blues singers say) (from The Weary Blues) - J. Carpenter *
The dove (and here is old Picasso ) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister, D. Gilliam *
The dream is a cocktail at Sloppy Joe's -- *
R. Owens: Havana Dreams

The dream is vague (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Beale Street

The Dream Keeper (Bring me all of your dreams) (from The Weary Blues) - C. De Jong, S. Hovey, S. Raphling *
The earth-meaning *
H. Cowell, R. Owens: Fulfillment

The end (There are/ No clocks on the wall) (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) - R. Owens *
The face of war is my face (from The Panther and the Lash) *
E. Siegmeister: War

The land (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Dustbowl

The low beating of the tom-toms (from The Weary Blues) GER *
J. Work, J. Work: Danse Africaine
C. Muse, C. Bemis: African Dance

The Negro speaks of rivers (I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world ) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Bonds, H. Swanson, R. Thompson
The New Cabaret Girl (That little yaller gal wid blue-green eyes) - W. Grosz *
The night is beautiful *
R. Gordon: My people

The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy-do? (from One-Way Ticket) *
E. Siegmeister: Madam and the Rent Man

The sea is a wilderness of waves (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Piket: Long trip

The sea is deep *
R. Owens: Exits

The sea's own children do not understand (from The Weary Blues) *
R. Green, E. Harris, F. Piket: Sea charm

The weary blues (Droning a drowsy syncopated tune) (from The Weary Blues) - D. Moore *
The white ones (I do not hate you, for your faces are beautiful, too) (from The Weary Blues) - M. Flothuis *
There are/ No clocks on the wall (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: The end

There's a new young moon *
R. Gordon: New moon

There's hanging moss and holly (from Fields of Wonder) *
J. Berger, R. Owens: Carolina Cabin

This ancient hag who sits upon the ground (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Piket, S. Raphling: Mexican Market Woman

This is a song for the genius child (from Fields of Wonder) *
R. Owens, R. Gordon: Genius child

This little house is sugar (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
C. De Jong: Winter sweetness

Thunder of the Rain God: *
R. Owens: A house in Taos

Tief im Süden Dixies SPA *
H. Reutter: Lied für eine dunkles Mädchen

To a little lover-lass dead (from The Weary Blues) - H. Smith [x] *
To be somebody (Little girl/ Dreaming of a baby grand piano) - R. Gordon *
To fling my arms wide in some place in the sun (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Price: My dream
R. Thompson, W. Mayer: Dream variations
M. Bonds: Dream variation

To some people (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Gifts

To the dark Mercedes of El Palacio de Amor (from The Weary Blues) [x] *
S. Raphling: To the dark Mercedes of El Palacio de Amor

To wander through this living world *
R. Owens: Remembrance

Today like yesterday *
R. Thompson: Monotony

Tonight the waves march *
H. Cowell: Moonlight Night: Carmel

Trommel (Wisse, Herz: der Tod trommelt hier ) - H. Reutter *
Troubled woman (She stands/ In the quiet darkness ) (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling, H. Smith, M. Flothuis, R. Gordon *
Two kids - H. Smith [x] *
Übler Bursche (Bin ein übler, übler Bursche ) - A. Zemlinsky *
Vagabonds (We are the desperate ) - R. Owens *
Walls (Four walls can hold/ So much pain ) (from Fields of Wonder) - R. Owens [x] *
War (The face of war is my face) (from The Panther and the Lash) - E. Siegmeister *
Water-front streets (from The Weary Blues) - F. Piket [x] *
Wave of sorrow *
J. Musto: Island

Way Down South in Dixie (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) GER SPA *
H. Reutter, D. Moore, S. Revueltas, R. Gordon: Song for a Dark Girl

We are the desperate *
R. Owens: Vagabonds

We buried him high on the windy hill (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Piket, C. Cohen: Death of an old seaman

We have tomorrow bright before us *
D. Gilliam: Youth

We passed their graves: (from The Panther and the Lash)
E. Siegmeister: Peace

Weit unten, im Süden, in Dixieland SPA *
A. Zemlinsky: Lied aus Dixieland

Well, son, I'll tell you (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Thomas: No crystal stair
H. Johnson: Mother to son

Wenn Susanna Jones trägt Rot - H. Reutter (Text: after Langston Hughes) [x] *
What happens to a dream deferred? (from The Panther and the Lash) *
F. Brazinski: Dream deferred

What is there within this beggar lad (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Piket, S. Raphling: Beggar boy

When Sue wears red (from The Weary Blues) GER [x] *
H. Reutter: When Sue wears red

When I was home de (from Fine Clothes to the Jew) *
M. Koval: Po' Boys' Blues

When the lips *
R. Owens: Sleep

When the old junk man Death (from The Weary Blues)
G. Bachlund: Question

While over Alabama earth (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) *
H. Stilson: Alabama earth

Whispers/ Of springtime (from Fields of Wonder - Border Line) *
R. Owens: Fragments

Winter moon (How thin and sharp is the moon tonight! ) - R. Gordon *
Winter sweetness (This little house is sugar) (from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems) - C. De Jong *
Wisse, Herz: der Tod trommelt hier *
H. Reutter: Trommel

Without benefit of declaration (Listen here, Joe ) (from The Panther and the Lash) *
E. Siegmeister: Listen here, Joe

Wonder and pain and terror, and sick silly songs (from Fields of Wonder) *
R. Owens: Juliet

Would that I were a jewel (from The Weary Blues) *
F. Price: Songs to the dark virgin

Young bride (from The Weary Blues) - S. Raphling [x] *
Youth (We have tomorrow bright before us) - D. Gilliam *

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