Seven Limericks

Song Cycle by Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927)

?. There was a young lady of Norway [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

There was a young lady from Norway
Who casually sat in a doorway.
When the door squeezed her flat, 
She exclaimed, "What of that?"
That courageous young lady from Norway.

Text Authorship:

by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), as Derry Down Derry, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1846

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?. There was an old man who when little [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

There was an old man who when little
Fell casually into a kettle;
But, growing too stout,
He could never get out,
So he passed all his life in that kettle.

Text Authorship:

by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, &c., first published 1871

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Total word count: 61