by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
The city mouse lives in a house;
Language: English
The city mouse lives in a house; -- The garden mouse lives in a bower, He's friendly with the frogs and toads, And sees the pretty plants in flower. The city mouse eats bread and cheese; -- The garden mouse eats what he can; We will not grudge him seeds and stalks, Poor little timid furry man.
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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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Mouse Cousins", published 1929 [ chorus and piano ], from The Music Hour in the kindergarten and First Grade; also found in the Modern Music Series [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
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Word count: 55