Beautiful Soup, so rich and green

Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen!
Who for such dainties would not stoop?
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
Beautiful Soup!
Beautiful Soup!
Soup of the evening,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup!

Beautiful Soup!  Who cares for fish,
Game, or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for two
Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup?
Beautiful Soup!
Beautiful Soup!
Soup of the evening,
Beautiful, beautiful soup!

Translation(s): FRE

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Authorship

• by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, no title, appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, Macmillan; chapter 10, first published 1865 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gary Bachlund , "The Mock Turtle's Lament", 1991, published 1996 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from "Alice" Songs, no. 4. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The Mock Turtle's song", 1982 [baritone and piano], from Five Lewis Carroll Poems, no. 4, Recital Publ. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Mockturtle Soup", published 1908 [tenor], from Nonsense Songs: The Songs That Came Out Wrong, no. 6. [
   text not verified 
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Henri Bué) , no title

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Belle Soupe, onctueuse, et odorante, et...

Belle Soupe, onctueuse, et odorante, et verte,
Qui reposes, brûlante, en la soupière ouverte,
Que ne donnerait-on pour avoir l’avantage
De te savourer, cher, délicieux potage ! !
Belle Soupe, Soupe, Soupe, Soupe du soir !
Bé… elle, bé… elle Sou… oupe !
Bé… elle, bé… elle Sou… oupe !
Sou… oupe, Sou… oupe, Sou… ou…
oupe du soir !
Bé… elle, bé… elle Sou… oupe !

Belle Soupe, qui donc réclamerait poisson,
Viande, ou œufs, ou volaille, ou même venaison ?
Qui ne renoncerait pas à tout ça pour deux sous
D’une si admirable et délectable Sou-
pe ?, Sou… ou… oupe du soir !
Bé… elle, bé… elle Sou… oupe !
Bé… elle, bé… elle Sou… oupe !
Sou… oupe, Sou… oupe, Sou… ou… oupe du soir !
Bé… elle, bé… elle Sou… oupe !

About the headline (FAQ)

Authorship

• by Henri Bué (1843 - 1929), no title [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in English by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, no title, appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, Macmillan; chapter 10, first published 1865
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Gary Bachlund, John Woods Duke, Liza Lehmann. Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

[ None yet in the database ]

Text added to the website: 2016-04-12.
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