by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
The tadpole
Language: English
Kitten of course is the small for cat, Puppy the small for dog; Yet who would have guessed in a hundred years, That tadpole was small for frog. Birds grow feathers and mice grow fur, Ev'ry thing swells in size; But to grow four legs from a head and a tail, Could you believe your eyes?
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958) [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 Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "The tadpole", 1938, published c1961 [ voice and piano ], from Six children's songs, no. 3, London: Elkin & Co. confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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