by Laura Elizabeth Richards (1850 - 1943)
Eletelephony
Language: English
Once there was an elephant, Who tried to use the telephant -- No! no! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone -- (Dear me! I am not certain quite That even now I've got it right.) Howe'er it was, he got his trunk Entangled in the telephunk; The more he tried to get it free, The louder buzzed the telephee -- (I fear I'd better drop the song Of elephop and telephong!)
Authorship:
- by Laura Elizabeth Richards (1850 - 1943), "Eletelephony" [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), "Eletelephony", 2009 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 72