by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
If a pig wore a wig
Language: English
If a pig wore a wig, What could we say? Treat him as a gentleman, And say "Good day." If his tail chanced to fail, What could we do? -- Send him to the tailoress To get one new.
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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 Grace Wilbur Conant (1858 - 1948), "Nonsense song", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], in The Children's Year [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Parratt (1841 - 1924), "If a pig wore a wig", published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 38