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The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown: Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, written 1603 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The Lion and the Unicorn", 1991, published 1996 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from "Alice" Songs, no. 8 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le lion et la licorne", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
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Word count: 38
Le lion et la licorne se battaient pour la couronne ; Le lion frappa la licorne tout autour de la ville. On leur donna du pain blanc, on leur donna du pain brun, On leur donna du gâteau et on les chassa de la ville au son du tambour.
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- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, written 1603
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-27
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