by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Baby cry
Language: English
Baby cry -- Oh fie! -- At the physic in the cup: Gulp it twice And gulp it thrice, Baby gulp it up.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Baby cry -- oh fie!", op. 19 (Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-song"), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1908 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 21