Seven Limericks

Song Cycle by Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998)

?. The girl with the Tyrian lyre [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
Who swept the loud chords of a lyre;
At the sound of each sweep
She enraptured the deep,
And enchanted the city of Tyre.

Text Authorship:

by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), as Derry Down Derry, no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1846

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 31