by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten
Language: English
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong. Here lies a kitten good, who kept A kitten's proper place. He stole no pantry eatables, Nor scratched the baby's face. He let the alley-cats alone. He had no yowling vice. His shirt was always laundried well, He freed the house of mice. Until his death he had not caused His little mistress tears, He wore his ribbon prettily, He washed behind his ears. Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.
Text Authorship:
- by Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931), "A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten", appears in The Congo and Other Poems, first published 1914 [author's text not yet checked 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 Louis Gruenberg (1884 - 1964), "A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten", op. 22 no. 4, published 1925 [medium voice and piano], from Animals and Insects, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
- by Eunice Lea Kettering (b. 1906), "A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten", published 1949. [soprano, SSA chorus, and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 70