We Two Boys

"We Two Boys" is the third and final song of Michael Tilson Thomas's song group Whitman Songs.

Date: 1996Composer: Michael Tilson ThomasText: Walt WhitmanSong Collection: Whitman Songs

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We Two Boys
by Walt Whitman

We two boys together clinging,
One the other never leaving,
Up and down the roads going, North and South excursions making,
Power enjoying, elbows stretching, fingers clutching,
Arm’d and fearless, eating, drinking, sleeping, loving,
No law less than ourselves owning, sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening,
Misers, menials priests alarming, air breathing, water drinking
On the turf or the sea-beach dancing,
Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statues mocking, feebleness chasing,
Fulfilling our foray.

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