by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll

A Young Man and His Sister
 (Sung text for setting by G. Bachlund)
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Language: English 
There was once a young man of Oporto,
Who daily got shorter and shorter,
  The reason he said
  Was the hod on his head,
Which was filled with the heaviest mortar.

His sister, called Lucy O'Finner,
Grew constantly thinner and thinner;
  The reason was plain,
  She slept out in the rain,
And was never allowed any dinner.
Confirmed with The Collected Verse of Lewis Carroll, Macmillan, London, 1932.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "A Young Man and His Sister", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 60