As a friend to the children commend me the Yak. You will find it exactly the thing: It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back, Or lead it about with a string. The Tartar who dwells on the plains of Thibet (A desolate region of snow) Has for centuries made it a nursery pet. And surely the Tartar should know! Then tell your papa where the Yak can be got, And if he is awfully rich He will buy you the creature - or else he will not. (I cannot be positive which.)
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Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The yak", 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 Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), "The yak", published <<1968 [ SA chorus and piano ], from A Child's Book of Beasts [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur R. Frackenpohl (b. 1924), "The yak", published 1961 [ chorus and piano ], from Three Cautionary Tales [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "The yak", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from The Bad Child's Songs about Beasts [sung text not yet checked]
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