The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, per voce e pianoforte chiuso

Il testo di The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs è un adattamento di Cage da un passaggio dell'opera Finnegans Wake (James Joyce):

Night. . .
Isobel. . .
Wildwoods' eyes and primarose hair,
quietly,
all the woods so wild, in mauves of
moss and daphnedews,
how all so still she lay neath of the
whitethorn, child of tree,
like some losthappy leaf,
like blowing flower stilled,
as fain would she anon,
for soon again 'twil be,
win me, woo me, wed me,
ah weary me!
deeply,
Now evencalm lay sleeping; night
Isobel
Sister Isobel
Saintette Isobel
Madame Isa
Veuve La belle