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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Humpty Dumpty
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, 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):

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Humpty Dumpty", 1991, published 1996 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from "Alice" Songs, no. 7 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Humpty Dumpty", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 29

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