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In just spring
When the world is mud
Luscious the little, lame balloon man whistles
Far and wee
And Eddie and Bill come
Running from marbles and piracies
And it's spring
And the world is puddle-wonderful
And the queer old balloon man whistles
Far and wee
And Betty and Isbel come dancing
From hop-scotch and jump-rope
And it's spring
And the goat-footed balloon man
Whistles far and wee
When the world is mud
Luscious the little, lame balloon man whistles
Far and wee
Running from marbles and piracies
And it's spring
And the world is puddle-wonderful
And the queer old balloon man whistles
Far and wee
And Betty and Isbel come dancing
From hop-scotch and jump-rope
And it's spring
And the goat-footed balloon man
Whistles far and wee
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Submitted by
schnitzi On Jan 15, 2018
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By happy accident, I figured out that the lyrics to this one actually match the E. E. Cummings poem called "in Just-". They appear a bit off here because I submitted them as close as possible to the original, but the spacing gets thrown off when rendering in HTML.
The song title should probably in fact be "in Just-", but I don't think the lyrical source was realized at the time it was given a name! I think it's a brilliant song, one of the finest examples of capturing the feel of the poem it's based on.
Released on album "Musicks" as "Chanson Innocent"