by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Hi
Language: English
Hi I handsome hunting man Fire your little gun. Bang! Now the animal Is dead and dumb and done. Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again, Eat or sleep or drink again. Oh, what fun !
Confirmed with Walter de la Mare, Rhymes And Verses Collected Poems For Children, New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1947, p.86
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Hi!" [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 Esther Rofe (1904 - 2000), "Hi", 1940 [ medium voice and piano ], from Five songs of Walter de la Mare, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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