© by Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
Song of perfect propriety
Language: English
Oh, I should like to ride the seas [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), "Song of perfect propriety", appears in Enough Rope, first published 1926, 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 Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "Song of perfect propriety", published 1959 [ medium voice, woodwind quintet, and piano ], from Songs of Perfect Propriety, no. 1, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2017-08-30
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Word count: 186