© by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
The duck
Language: English
Behold the duck [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The duck", appears in The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse, first published 1936, 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 Vernon Duke (1903 - 1969), "The duck", published 1947 [voice and piano], from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo [text not verified]
- by Philip Hagemann , "The duck", published 1969 [SATB chorus and piano], from A Musical Menagerie [text not verified]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 30