Olipa kerran vanha tyyppi Somerosta

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by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

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]

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Word count: 32

Olipa kerran vanha tyyppi Somerosta

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the English

Olipa kerran vanha tyyppi Somerosta,
joka seisoi yhdellä jalalla ja luki Homerosta;
Kun hän huomasi, että jalka alkoi puutua,
hän hyppäsi alas kalliolta.
Ja se oli sen tyypin loppu, sen sieltä Somerosta.

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a text in English by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 32