The wombat lives across the seas [ ... ]
The Nash Menagerie
Song Cycle by Timothy Hoekman
1. The Wombat  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), appears in Many Long Years Ago, copyright ©
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Language: English
There is nothing more perky [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The turkey", appears in The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse, appears in Many Long Years Ago, first published 1936, copyright ©
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Language: English
Behold the hippopotamus! [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The hippopotamus", appears in I'm a Stranger Here Myself, first published 1938, copyright ©
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Language: English
The kangaroo can jump incredible [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), appears in Good Intentions, copyright ©
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Language: English
God, in his wisdom [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The fly", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©
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Language: English
I find among the poems of Schiller [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), appears in The Private Dining Room, copyright ©
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Language: English
A mighty creature is the germ [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The germ", appears in The Primrose Path, first published 1935, copyright ©
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