by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
Jack Spratt
Language: English
Jack Spratt could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean. Some like rosy apples, I like them green. Some, when they eat an egg Only like the white, I only like the yolk, So that's all right. Some like their beef done red, Others like it brown; Some like the country, Others like the town. Some like buttercups And some like diamond rings, Isn't it a mercy We all like diff'rent things?
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), "Jack Spratt", 1938, published c1961 [ voice and piano ], from Six children's songs, no. 4, London: Elkin & Co. confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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