We Real Cool
AUDIO
Performed by Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano, and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
DURATION
2’25”
POET
Gwendolyn Brooks
INSTRUMENTATION
Voice with piano
YEAR COMPOSED
2010
VERSIONS AVAILABLE FOR:
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano (duet)
Tenor
Baritone
COMMISSIONER
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
ORDERING SCORES
Inkjar Publishing Company
$10 licensed PDF
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- Once payment is received, you will be emailed the licensed PDF within three business days (excluding weekends and holidays).
TEXT
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
“We Real Cool” Reprinted by Consent of Brooks Permissions.