Speak roughly to your little boy
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English
Speak roughly to your little boy,
And beat him when he sneezes;
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows it teases.
I speak severely to my boy,
[I]1 beat him when he sneezes;
For he can thoroughly enjoy
The pepper when [he]2 pleases!
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Note: this is a parody of David Bates' "Speak Gently."
1 or "And"
2 or "ye"
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
 by Gary Bachlund
, "Pig and Pepper", 1991, published 1996 [high or medium voice and piano], from "Alice" Songs, no. 3.
by John Woods Duke (1899-1984)
, "The Duchess' Lullaby", from Five Lewis Carroll Poems, no. 5.
by Ulf A. Grahn
, "The Duchess' Lullaby", published 1989, first performed 1992. [voice, piano]
by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)
, "Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy", published 1908 [contralto], from Nonsense Songs: The Songs That Came Out Wrong, no. 4.
Date added to the website: 2004-04-11.
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