by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"
Language: English
"Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!" Crows the cock before the morn; "Kikirikee! kikirikee!" Roses in the east are born. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!" Early birds begin their singing; "Kikirikee! kikirikee!" The day, the day, the day is springing.
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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 Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "Kookoorookoo", published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!", op. 19 (Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-song"), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1908 [ high voice or low voice, piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2006-01-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 33