by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
The elephant
Language: English
When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So large a trunk before.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The elephant", appears in The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, first published 1896 [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 David Faulkner , "The elephant", published 1963 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Two Songs for Children [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1882 - 1975), "The elephant", published 1933 [ unaccompanied voice ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 23