An Old Man (Cheryl Lynn Helm)

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• (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

• (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:

• (Posted 2019-08-20)  CPDL #55102:         

Editor: Cheryl Lynn Helm (submitted 2019-08-20).   Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 666 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: C Major

• (Posted 2019-08-20)  CPDL #55096:  An_Old_Man_SSAATB_B_flat.pdf       

Editor: Cheryl Lynn Helm (submitted 2019-08-20).   Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 665 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: 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.