by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
God bless you!
Language: English
Christmas is coming! The geese are getting fat; Please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny A ha'penny will do, If you haven't got a ha'penny, God bless you!
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "God bless you!", op. 7 no. 2 (c1918-22) [low voice and piano], from the collection Nursery Songs, or Mother Goose Rhymes Set to Music, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-07-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 36