Miss Pauncefort sang at the top of her voice (Sing tirry-lirry-lirry down the lane) And nobody knew what she sang about (Sing tirry-lirry-lirry all the same).
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Text Authorship:
- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "The songster", appears in a good time was had by all, first published 1937 [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 (Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 - 1983), "The songster", 1948, published 1948 [ voice and piano ], from Stevie Smith Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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