by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
Language: English
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet Came untied when the birds sat upon it; But she said, "I don't care! All the birds in the air Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The Birds Sat Upon It", 2002 [ soprano and piano ], from "Calico Pie" and Other Nonsense, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Herbert) Kelsey Jones (b. 1922), "There was a young lady whose bonnet", published 1961 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Nonsense Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-07
Line count: 5
Word count: 34