Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!

Eight o'clock;
The postman's knock!
Five letters for Papa;
  One for Lou,
  And none for you,
And three for dear Mamma.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) , no title, from Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, published 1872

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Allan Blank (1925-) , "Eight o'clock", published 1969 [voice, piano duet], from Escapades: Songs for Rote and Piano Duet
by Sidney Homer (1864-1953) , "Eight o'clock", op. 19 (Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-song"), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1908. [high voice, piano]
by Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983) , "Eight o'clock, the postman's knock", published 1925 [voice, piano], from Kikirikee

Date added to the website: 2006-01-19.

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