'Come!' said Old Shellover. 'What?' says Creep. 'The horny old Gardener's fast asleep; The fat cock Thrush To his nest has gone; And the dew shines bright In the rising Moon; Old Sallie Worm from her hole doth peep: Come!' said Old Shellover. 'Ay!' said Creep.
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Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Old Shellover", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 4, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Old Shellover", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodore Ward Chanler (1902 - 1961), "Old Shellover", published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Rhymes from Peacock Pie, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Old Shellover", 1932, published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Five Children's Songs From Peacock Pie, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-08
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Word count: 46