The Woodpecker
Language: English
There’s someone tapping on the maple tree, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap; But there’s no one about that I can see, Save a lark that is singing a song of glee On a sunlit bough, and it isn’t he That is tapping away so steadily, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap. There’s someone coming down the maple tree, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap; And he’s hopping about so busily In a cap as red as a barberry, And a coat deeply blue as a starlit sea, And he’s singing a laughing melody, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap. There’s someone going to the maple tree, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap; He’s as gay as a prince or a lord, but he Hasn’t time to go ’round showing off, you see, For he stays in the woods working lovingly At a snug little home for his family, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "The Woodpecker", published 1902? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-06
Line count: 21
Word count: 149