There was an old Lady of France, Who taught little ducklings to dance; When she said, "Tick-a-Tack!" They [only said]1, "Quack!" Which grieved that old Lady of France.
Three Nonsense Songs
Song Cycle by Mátyás György Seiber (1905 - 1960)
1. There was an old Lady of France  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title
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- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Seiber: "replied"
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2. There was an Old Person of Cromer  [sung text checked 1 time]
There was an Old Person of Cromer, Who stood on one leg to read Homer; When he found he grew stiff, He jumped over the cliff. Which concluded that Person of Cromer.
Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861
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- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
3. There was an Old Man in a tree  [sung text checked 1 time]
There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said, "Does it buzz?" He replied, "Yes, it does!" "It's a regular brute of a Bee!"
Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission