An Old Man (Cheryl Lynn Helm)
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- (Posted 2019-08-21) CPDL #55113:
- Editor: Cheryl Lynn Helm (submitted 2019-08-21). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 656 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: in C Major.
- (Posted 2019-08-21) CPDL #55112:
- Editor: Cheryl Lynn Helm (submitted 2019-08-21). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 682 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Treble choir, in C Major
- (Posted 2019-08-21) CPDL #55111:
- Editor: Cheryl Lynn Helm (submitted 2019-08-21). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 663 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Treble choir, in B-flat Major
- (Posted 2019-08-21) CPDL #55110:
- Editor: Cheryl Lynn Helm (submitted 2019-08-21). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 678 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: in B-flat Major
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
English text
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.