1951
Heart
Composed by 
Jean Berger
Jean Berger Text by 
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Four Songs Song Collection
"Heart" is the second song of Jean Berger's song cycle Four Songs, which sets the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Audio
“Heart” (from “Four Songs”)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)1:54
Text
Heart
by Langston Hughes
Pierrot
Took his heart
And hung it
On a wayside wall.
He said,
“Look, Passers-by,
Here is my heart!”
But no one was curious.
No one cared at all
That there hung
Pierrot’s heart
On the public wall.
So Pierrot
Took his heart
And hid it
Far away.
Now people wonder
Where his heart is
Today.
–The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, p. 329
Related Information
Sheet Music
Four Songs (Jean Berger)
Jean Berger
In Time of Silver Rain
2. Heart
3. Carolina Cabin
4. Lonely People
2. Heart
3. Carolina Cabin
4. Lonely People
