1982
To a Common Prostitute
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem Text by 
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Three Calamus Poems Song Collection
"To a Common Prostitute" is the third song of Ned Rorem's song cycle Three Calamus Poems, which sets three poems by Walt Whitman.
Text
To a Common Prostitute
by Walt Whitman
Be composed – be at case with me – I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature,
Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you,
Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you and the leaves to rustle for you,
do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.
My girl I appoint with you an appointment, and I charge you that you make preparation
to be worthy to meet me,
And I charge you that you be patient and perfect till I come.
Till then I salute you with a significant look that you do not forget me.
Sheet Music
Three Calamus Poems
Ned Rorem
1. Of Him I Love Day and Night
2. I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing
3. To a Common Prostitute
2. I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing
3. To a Common Prostitute