by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an old Lady of France
Language: English
Our translations: FIN
There was an old Lady of France, Who taught little ducklings to dance; When she said, "Tick-a-Tack!" They only said, "Quack!" Which grieved that old Lady of France.
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- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "The Old Lady of France" [women's chorus], from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mátyás György Seiber (1905 - 1960), "There was an old Lady of France" [chorus a cappella], from Three Nonsense Songs, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
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Word count: 28