by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Up and down
Language: English
Down the Hill of Ludgate, Up the Hill of Fleet, To and fro and East and West With people flows the street; Even the King of England On Temple Bar must beat For leave to ride to Ludgate Down the Hill of Fleet.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Up and down", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 2, first published 1913 [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 James Brown , "Up and down" [ voice and piano ], from Songs for Children, Set 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 43