An Old Man (Cheryl Lynn Helm)

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  • (Posted 2019-08-20)  CPDL #55096:         
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: SecularUnknown

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

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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.