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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
 (Sung text for setting by H. Cowell)
 See original
Language: English 
Doctor Foster 
Went to Gloucester,
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle,
Up to his middle,
And never went there again.

Composition:

    Set to music by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Doctor Foster went to Gloucester", L. 538 no. 4 (1937) [ voice and piano ], from Six songs on Mother Goose rhymes, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Doctor Foster went to Gloucester", Mother Goose

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 26

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