Editing The Green Hills of Earth (section)

==The songs==

Heinlein wrote several fragments of lyrics and six full stanzas for the song.
*— ''We rot in the molds of Venus, / We retch at her tainted breath. / Foul are her flooded jungles, / Crawling with unclean death.'' —
*— ''harsh bright soil of Luna'' —
*— ''The arching sky is calling / Spacemen back to their trade. / All hands! Stand by! Free falling! / And the lights below us fade. / Out ride the sons of Terra, / Far drives the thundering jet, / Up leaps the race of Earthmen / Out, far, and onward yet'' —
*— ''Saturn's rainbow rings'' —
*— ''the frozen night of Titan'' —
*''We pray for one last landing/ On the globe that gave us birth/ Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies/ And the cool, green hills of Earth.''

Moore and Kuttner also give fragments of lyrics in "Quest of the Starstone."

*- ''Across the seas of darkness / The good green Earth is bright – / Oh, Star that was my homeland / Shine down on me tonight.''-
*- ''My heart turns home in longing/ Across the voids between, / To know beyond the spaceways/ The hills of Earth are green.'' –
*- ''- and count the losses worth / To see across the darkness/ The green hills of Earth...''

The story features several other partial songs and a number of titles attributed to Rhysling.  These are:
*''The Grand Canal'' (10 lines)
*''Jet Song'' (14 lines, unclear if meant to be complete)
*''The Skipper is a Father to His Crew'' (title only)
*''Since the Pusher Met My Cousin'' (title only)
*''That Red-Headed Venusburg Gal'' (title only)
*''Keep Your Pants On, Skipper'' (title only)
*''A Space Suit Built for Two'' (title only)
*''Dark Star Passing'' (title only)
*''Berenice's Hair'' (title only)
*''Death Song of a Woods Colt'' (title only)

Several are described as sexually explicit songs excluded from the official edition of Rhysling's works.

Four collections of Rhysling's works are mentioned.  They are:
*''Songs of the Spaceways'' (published the week he died)
*''The Grand Canal, and other Poems''
*''High and Far''
*''UP SHIP!''