by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
When I was a little boy
Language: English
When I was a little boy, My mammy kept me in, But now I am a great boy, I am fit to serve the king; I can hand a musket, I can smoke a pipe, And I can kiss a bonny girl At twelve o'clock at night.
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 Stefania Ivanivna Turkevich-Lukiyanovich (1898 - 1977), "When I was a little boy" [ voice and piano ], from Nursery Rhymes, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-02-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 47