by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn
Language: English
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn, Who wished he had never been born; So he sat on a chair, Till he died of despair, That dolorous Man of Cape Horn.
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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 dolorous man of Cape Horn", op. 42 no. ?, published 1905 [voice and piano], from the collection Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Schmidt [text not verified]
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Word count: 32