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The Nash Menagerie

Song Cycle by Timothy Hoekman

1. The Wombat  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The wombat lives across the seas
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Text Authorship:

  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), appears in Many Long Years Ago, copyright ©

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2. The Turkey  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
There is nothing more perky
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  • 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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3. The Hippopotamus  [sung text not yet checked]

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Behold the hippopotamus!
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The hippopotamus", appears in I'm a Stranger Here Myself, first published 1938, copyright ©

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4. The Kangaroo  [sung text not yet checked]

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The kangaroo can jump incredible
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), appears in Good Intentions, copyright ©

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5. The Fly  [sung text not yet checked]

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God, in his wisdom
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The fly", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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6. The Caterpillar  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I find among the poems of Schiller
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), appears in The Private Dining Room, copyright ©

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7. The Germ  [sung text not yet checked]

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A mighty creature is the germ
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The germ", appears in The Primrose Path, first published 1935, copyright ©

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Total word count: 283
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