© by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
The fly
Language: English
God, in his wisdom [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The fly", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright © [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 Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "The fly", 1996, published 2000, first performed 1997 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Somewhat Silly Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Hagemann , "The fly", published 1969 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from A Musical Menagerie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Timothy Hoekman , "The Fly", 1995, published 1999 [ counter-tenor or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from The Nash Menagerie, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 14