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{{NoText}} | {{NoText}}There was an Old Man with a beard, | ||
Who said, "It is just as I feared!— | |||
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, | |||
Have all built their nests in my beard. | |||
There was an Old Man in a tree, | |||
Who was horribly bored by a bee; | |||
When they said, "Does it buzz?" | |||
He replied, "Yes, it does! | |||
It's a regular brute of a bee!" | |||
There was an Old Man who supposed | |||
That the street door was partially closed; | |||
But some very large rats | |||
Ate his coats and his hats, | |||
While that futile Old Gentleman dozed. | |||
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- Editor: Cheryl Lynn Helm (submitted 2019-08-20). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 665 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: An Old Man
Composer: Cheryl Lynn Helm
Lyricist: Edward Lear
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2019
Description: Whimsical piece set to 3 limericks by Edward Lear.
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Original text and translations
Text (or link to a text page) needs to be added. There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.
There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a bee; When they said, "Does it buzz?" He replied, "Yes, it does! It's a regular brute of a bee!"
There was an Old Man who supposed That the street door was partially closed; But some very large rats Ate his coats and his hats, While that futile Old Gentleman dozed.