by Mervyn Laurence Peake (1911 - 1968)
Aunty Flo
Language: English
When Aunty Flo Became a Crow She had a bed put in a tree; And there she lay And read all day Of ornithology.
Text Authorship:
- by Mervyn Laurence Peake (1911 - 1968), "Aunty Flo", appears in A Book of Nonsense, in Aunts and Uncles, first published 1972 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Aunty Flo", 2008 [ voice and piano ], from A Book of Nonsense, no. 26 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 24