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by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)

A girl whose cheeks are covered with...
Language: English 
A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint
Has an advantage with me over one whose ain't.  

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "Biological reflection", appears in Hard Lines, first published 1931 [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 Arthur R. Frackenpohl (b. 1924), "Pants and paint", published 1967 [TTBB chorus and piano], from Essays on Women [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-02
Line count: 2
Word count: 17

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