by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), as Derry Down Derry
The Compleat Virtuoso Matches base text
Language: English
There was an old man of the Isles, Whose face was pervaded with smiles; He sang "High dum diddle", And played on the fiddle, That amiable man of the Isles.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), as Karel Drofnatski, "The Compleat Virtuoso", op. 366, published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Nonsense Rhymes, no. 10
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 page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 30