by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an Old Man you said "Well!
Language: English
There was an Old Man you said "Well! Will nobody answer this bell? I have pulled day and night, til my hair was grown white, But nobody answers this bell!"
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- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title [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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "There was an Old Man who said, "Well!"" [men's chorus], from the collection Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures [text verified 1 time]
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Will nobody answer this bell", op. 42 no. ?, published 1905 [voice and piano], from the collection Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Schmidt [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
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