Nonsense

Song Cycle by Goffredo Petrassi (1904 - 2003)

?. There was an Old Man with a flute [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

There was an Old Man with a flute,
A sarpint ran into his boot;
But he played day and night,
Till the sarpint took flight,
And avoided that man with a flute.

Text Authorship:

by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

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Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Carlo Izzo

Based on:

a text in English by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861
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Total word count: 32