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Recorded on 06/21/2017, uploaded on 05/05/2018

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Three Nonsense Songs by Mátyás Seiber (1905 – 1960)

There Was an Old Lady of France

There was an old lady of France,
Who taught little ducklings to dance;
When she said, "Tick-a-tack!"
They replied "Quack!"
Which grieved that old lady of France.
Tick-a-tack, tick-a-tack,
Quack, Quack.

There Was an Old Person of Cromar

There was an old person of Cromer,
Who stood on one leg to read Homer;
When he found he grew stiff, he jumped over the cliff,
Which concluded that person of Cromer.

There Was an Old Man in a Tree

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."

Courtesy of International Music Foundation.