by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an old person of Cassel
Language: English
There was an old person of Cassel, Whose nose finished off in a tassel; But they call'd out, "Oh well! don't it look like a bell!" Which perplexed that old person of Cassel.
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- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, &c., first published 1871 [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 person of Cassel", published 1905 [voice and piano], from the collection Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Boston: Schmidt [text not verified]
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