by Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965)
Jazz‑Man
Language: English
Crash and Clang! Bash and Bang! And up in the road the Jazz-Man sprang! The One-Man-Jazz-Band playing in the street, Drums with his Elbows, Cymbals with his Feet, Pipes with his Mouth, Accordion with his Hand, Playing all his Instruments to Beat the Band! Toot and Tingle! Hoot and Jingle! Oh, What a Clatter! how the tunes all mingle! Twenty children couldn't make as much Noise as The Howling Pandemonium of th One-Man-Jazz!
Text Authorship:
- by Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965), "Jazz-Man" [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Jazz-Man", op. 7 no. 10, published 1935 [ children's chorus and piano ], from Friday Afternoons, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Tom White
This text was added to the website: 2007-10-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 73