by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an Old Person of Philae
Language: English
There was an Old Person of Philae, Whose conduct was scroobious and wily; He rushed up a Palm, When the weather was calm, And observed all the ruins of Philae.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861 [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 Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), as Karel Drofnatski, "Nileinsamkeit", published 1960 [voice and piano], from Nonsense Rhymes, no. 7. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-06
Line count: 5
Word count: 30