The Cow and the Coward

There was an Old Man who said, "How,--
Shall I flee from this horrible Cow?
I will sit on this stile,
And continue to smile,
Which may soften the heart of that Cow."

by Edward Lear (1812-1888) , no title, from A Book of Nonsense, published 1861

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

by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) , "The Cow and the Coward", published 1960 [voice and piano], from Nonsense Rhymes, no. 11, published under the pseudonym Karel Drofnatski

Date added to the website: 2009-03-06.

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