The cupboard

I know a little cupboard,
With a teeny tiny key,
And there's a jar of Lollypops
For me, me, me.

It has a little shelf, my dear,
As dark as dark can be,
And there's a dish of Banbury Cakes   [ 3 ]
For me, me, me.

I have a small fat grandmamma,
With a very slippery knee,
And she's the Keeper of the Cupboard
With the key, key, key.

And I'm very good, my dear,
As good as good can be,
There's Banbury Cakes, and Lollypops
For me, me, me.

by Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) , "The cupboard", from Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, published 1913

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 , "The cupboard", 2006 [medium high voice, piano], from Pieces of Peacock Pie, no. 6.
by Victor Harris (1869-1943) , "The cupboard", published c1922. [voice and piano]
by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901-1947) , "The cupboard", published 1927 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from Three Songs from "Peacock Pie"
by Eric Leigh , "The cupboard", published 1960. [unison voices and piano]
by Howard D. McKinney (1890-) , "The cupboard", published <<1940, from Four Crumbs from "A Peacock Pie", no. ?
by William Otto Miessner (1880-1967) , "The cupboard", published 1929 [voice and piano], in The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade
by Anthony Francis Dominic Milner (1925-) , "The cupboard", published 1959 [unison voices and piano], from Peacock Pie, no. ?
by Douglas Stuart Moore (1893-1969) , "The cupboard", published 1928 [voice and piano], in New Songs for New Voices
by Dorothy Parke , "The cupboard", published 1962. [unison voices and piano]
by May A. Strong , "The cupboard", published 1928 [voice and piano], in New Songs for New Voices

Date added to the website: 2007-04-25.

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