1949
Just-Spring
Composed by 
John Woods Duke
John Woods Duke Text by 
E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings "Just-Spring" is a song of John Duke from 1949. The song sets the poem titled "in Just-" by e. e. cummings. "Just-Spring" is currently published in the volume Songs Through the Centuries: 41 Vocal Repertoire Pieces from the 17th Century Through the 20th Centuries (Carl Fischer).
Please note that the text of the poem is posted in "lyrics" form, and not in the typographical layout of the original publication.
The poem "in Just-" was first published in Five Poems, in the periodical The Dial, Vol. 68 No. 5, May 1920.
Text
in Just-
by e. e. cummings
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee —
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it’s
spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it’s
spring
and
the
goat-footed
balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
Sheet Music
Songs Through the Centuries: 41 Vocal Repertoire Pieces from the 17th Century Through the 20th Centuries
John Duke