© by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
The turtle
Language: English
The turtles lives 'twixt plated decks [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The turtle", appears in Hard Lines, first published 1931, copyright © [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 John Corigliano (b. 1938), "The turtle", from Petit Fours (A Song Cyclette), no. 2. [text not verified]
- by Anthony Plog , "The turtle", published 1978 [narrator, trumpet, and piano], from Animal Ditties [text not verified]
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- by Jürg Wyttenbach (b. 1935), "Two nonsense verses", 1964, from Two Nonsense Verses, an Epigram and a Madrigal, no. 1..
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-02
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Word count: 26