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by Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron Berners (1883 - 1950)

Surrealist landscape
Language: English 
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On the pale yellow sands
Where the Unicorn stands
And the Eggs are preparing for Tea.
Sing Forty Sing Thirty Sing Three.

On the pale yellow sands
There's a pair of Clasped Hands
And an Eyeball entangled with string.
Sing Fifty Sing Forty Sing Three.

And a Bicycle Seat
And a Plate of Raw Meat
And a Thing that is hardly a Thing.

On the pale yellow sands
There stands  A Commode
That has nothing to do with the case.
Sing Ninety Sing Eighty Sing Three.

On the pale yellow sands
There's a Dorian Mode
And a Temple all covered with lace
And a Gothic Erection of Urgent Demands
On the patience of You and of Me.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron Berners (1883 - 1950) [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 Peter Dickinson (b. 1934), "Surrealist landscape", 1973 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 117

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