A drate-poking gnashgab mumblecrust, crambazzled stingbum, am I?
A seek-sorrowful smelfungus, am I?
Boboly-nobolyiferous whoreson zed (bespawling gobermouch) am I?
Gabber… minikin….

An aging hypochondriac, with negativity emanating from every oozing pore.

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Janet Oates (b. 1970), "A wandought, no doubt.", 2019 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from !, no. 4
      Score: Janet Oates [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

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