by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
There was a man of Thessaly
Language: English
There was a man of Thessaly And he was wondrous wise: He jump'd into a quickset hedge And scratch'd out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jump'd into another hedge And scratch'd them in again.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, verses from a Poetry Bookshop publication, Nurse Lovechild's Legacy. [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 Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "There was a man of Thessaly", 1923, published 1924, from Candlelight: a cycle of nursery jingles, no. 9. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47