by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
What does the bee do?
Language: English
What does the bee do? Bring home honey. And what does Father do? Bring home money. And what does Mother do? Lay out the money. And what does baby do? Eat up the honey.
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Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Fanny Snow Knowlton (1859 - 1926), "What does the bee do?", published 1923 [ unaccompanied voice ], from Songs of Childhood [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 34