by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Brown and furry
Language: English
Brown and furry Caterpillar in a hurry, Take your walk To the shady leaf, or stalk, Or what not, Which may be the chosen spot. No toad spy you, Hovering bird of prey pass by you; Spin and die, To live again a butterfly.
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Text 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 Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), "The caterpillar", published 1974 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Fin, Feather, and Fur [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Brown and furry", published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Netty Simons (b. 1913), "The caterpillar", published 1977 [ unaccompanied voice ], from Songs for Wendy [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-09-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 44