by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an Old Man in a tree
Language: English
Our translations: FIN
There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said, "Does it buzz?" He replied, "Yes, it does!" "It's a regular brute of a Bee!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title [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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "The Old Man in a tree" [men's chorus], from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mátyás György Seiber (1905 - 1960), "There was an Old Man in a tree" [chorus a cappella], from Three Nonsense Songs, no. 3. [ 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: 33