by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Oh doctor
Language: English
Mother: "Oh doctor, oh doctor, I'm terrified out of my wits! Poor Nancy, my daughter, is fall'n into fits, oh doctor, poor Nancy is fall'n into fits, but you are come just in the nick." Doctor: "The first step in cases like this, to be sure, is breaking a vein, I'll engage for the cure, if you'll just let me but give her a prick." Aunt: "Dear doctor make haste, there's no time to be lost, To cure her we'll spare neither trouble nor cost, but whatever you do, do it quick."
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Francis Hutcheson (1694 - 1746), "Oh doctor" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Tinelot Wittermans
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 92