by George Reginald Margetson (1877 - ?)
Every man has got a hobby
Language: English
Every man has got a hobby, Every poet has some fault, Every sweet contains its bitter, Every fresh thing has its salt. Every mountain has a valley, Every valley has a hill, Every ravine is a river, Every river is a rill. Every fool has got some wisdom, Every wise man is a fool, Every scholar is a block-head, Every dunce has been to school. Every bad man is a good man, Every fat man is not stout, Every good man is a bad man But 'tis hard to find him out. Every strong man is a weak man, You may doubt it as you please, Every well man is a sick man, Every doctor has disease.
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Text Authorship:
- by George Reginald Margetson (1877 - ?), no title, Part II of "Stanzas from The Fledgling Bard and the Poetry Society", first published 1910 [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), "Every man", 2008 [low voice or medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-06
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Word count: 117