1961

Creole Girl

Composed by H. Leslie Adams

Nightsongs Song Collection

"Creole Girl is the sixth and final song of H. Leslie Adams' song cycle Nightsongs: Six Afro-American Songs.

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“Creole Girl” (from “Nightsongs”)
Tyrese Byrd, tenor; John Morefield, piano2:26

H. Leslie Adams

Composer

Leslie Morgan Collins

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Location

This recording was part of a concert during the American Song Institute 2022, which took place on the campus of the University of Michigan.

Text

Creole Girl
by Leslie Morgan Collins

When you dance, do you think of Spain,
Purple skirts and clipping castanets,
Creole Girl?
When you laugh, do you think of France,
Golden wine and mincing minuets,
Creole Girl?
When you sing, do you think of young America,
Grey guns and battling bayonets?
When you cry, do you think of Africa,
Blue nights and casual canzonets?
When you dance, do you think of Spain,
Purple skirts and clipping castanets,
Creole Girl?

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