by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
The Big Baboon is found upon
Language: English
The Big Baboon is found upon The plains of Cariboo: He goes about with nothing on (A shocking thing to do). But if he dressed up respectably And let his whiskers grow, How like this Big Baboon would be To Mister So-and-so!
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Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The Big Baboon", appears in The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time 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 William Kraft (1923 - 2022), "Four Beasts" [ soprano or mezzo-soprano, piano ], from Three Humorous Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Damrosch Mannes (1899 - 1964), "The Big Baboon", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], in the collection New Songs for New Voices [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "The Big Baboon", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from The Bad Child's Songs about Beasts [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Scherman (b. 1918?), "The Big Baboon", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], in the collection New Songs for New Voices [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-02-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 43