Old Abram Brown
Language: English
Old Abram Brown is dead and gone, You'll never see him more. He used to wear a long brown coat That button'd up before, And on his feet two silver shoon And buckles by the score. Old Abram Brown is dead and gone. Never, never, never more.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from Tom Tiddler's Ground, ed. by Walter de la Mare [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Old Abram Brown", op. 7 no. 12, published 1935 [children's chorus and piano], from Friday Afternoons, no. 12. [text verified 1 time]
- by Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "Old Abram Brown", from Songs of wonder, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47