by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an Old Person of Cromer
Language: English
Our translations: FIN
There was an Old Person of Cromer, Who stood on one leg to read Homer; When he found he grew stiff, He jumped over the cliff. Which concluded that Person of Cromer.
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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 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 John Elenor , "There was an old person of Cromer", published 1967 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Three Nonsense Songs, London: Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mátyás György Seiber (1905 - 1960), no title, 1956 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Nonsense Songs, no. 2, London: Novello [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 32