by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
When good King Arthur ruled his land
Language: English
When good King Arthur ruled his land He was a goodly king; He stole three pecks of barley meal To make a bag-pudding. A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuff'd it well with plums; And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from Mother Goose [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):
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 72