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Lyrics (Helen Howarth Lemmel) What says the dog, now, tell me, say,Down on Smiley’s farm?“Bow wow wow wow wow,” says the dog,Down on Smiley’s farm. What says the turkey, tell me pray,Down on Smiley’s farm?“Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble,” says ...

Lyrics (Music by Arthur Sullivan, Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert in Pirates of Penzance) 1. SoloI am the very model of a modern Major-General,I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historicalFrom ...

Lyrics (Melody by E. W. Newton, Lyrics by Celia Standish) Tapping tapping ‘tis the cobbler,There’s his shop across the way.Tapping tapping goes the hammer,I can hear it all the day. Tapping tapping when I ask him,“Please, sir, will you mend ...

Lyrics (Thomas Ravenscroft, 1609) Lady come down and see,The cat sits in the plum tree. See also Subject: cat Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Melody: do / re Meter: 4 Scale: tetratonic Tones: s,drms Source: Pammelia, Thomas Ravenscroft, ...

Lyrics (Music by E. W. Newton, Lyrics by Edith Robbins) The elephant came with his trunk one day,The animals said, “Unpack and stay!”The elephant laughed and the elephant said,“I can’t! My trunk is a part of my head!” See also ...

Lyrics (Melody by Fay Wilson, Lyrics by Edith Robbins) Zig-zag Zebra came to town,Striped all over, up and down.Poor old horse said, “I don’t care,All those stripes I would not wear,Stripes I would not wear!” See also Subjects: zebras / ...

Lyrics (Music by Mary Root Kern, Lyrics by Anstis Barlow) Wiggling little polliwog, polliwog, polliwog,Says he’d like to be a frog near a mossy log. See also Subject: frogs Harmony: chords I & V Meter: 4 Scale: hexatonic Tones: t,drmfs ...

Lyrics (By Margaret Aliona Dole) Little owls look wise if you see their eyes at night,But they’re winking and blinking in the daylight. See also Subject: birds Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Meter: 4 Scale: hexachord Tones: t,drmfs ...