AMERICAN MUSIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 972, 15 May 1930, Page 7

AMERICAN MUSIC

VIGNETTES THE INDIAN On the edge of the desert Painted with its far mirage The wind shakes the Joshua tree The snakes in the Jciva Stir drowsily Eagle Feather unrolls The Indian drums Hasten white brother To the ceremonial The songs of the hundred tribes TAike wind in the birch trees, Are drifting Away — away. THE NEGRO The water hyacinth floats on the bayou 'the banana leaves droop dustily Moon glow gilds the Spanish moss Down where the paddle wheels come churning Down by the cotton fields Step lightly Gather up the silver threads Of negro melody From the cabin croons Of old black mouths. THE SPANIARD TThen the sun creeps away from thi patio The western sea is a pearl The fragrance of forgotten fiestas i; in the air , There is the echo of castanets From a strange guitar Ghost bells of the Padres are swinging. From a strange guitar Steals a little song Risen from the soil TVith the wraith of a ruffled Don His high cheeks Etched with power And delicate cruelty. Frances Elliott, in “Top Notes.”