by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The Lion and the Unicorn
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown: Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, written 1603 [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 Lion and the Unicorn", 1991, published 1996 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from "Alice" Songs, no. 8 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le lion et la licorne", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 38