by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an old person of Jodd
Language: English
There was an old person of Jodd, Whose ways were perplexing and odd; She purchased a whistle, And sate on a thistle, And squeaked to the people of Jodd.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title [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 Jodd" [women's chorus], from the collection Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
Line count: 5
Word count: 29