He was a rat (Havergal Brian)
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- (Posted 2023-09-27) CPDL #75803:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-27). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 432 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: He was a rat
Composer: Havergal Brian
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Humorous Song
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1914 J. Curwen & Sons
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Original text and translations
English text
He was a rat,
And she was a rat,
And down in one hole they did dwell;
And both were as black as a witch’s cat,
And they loved one another well.
He had a tail,
And she had a tail,
Both long and curling and fine;
And each said, “Yours is the finest
tail in the world, excepting mine!”
He smelt the cheese,
And she smelt the cheese,
And they both pronounced it good;
And both remarked it would greatly add
To the charms of their daily food.
So he ventured out,
And she ventured out,
And I saw them go with pain;
But what befell them I never can tell,
For they never came back again.
Anon.