Nileinsamkeit

There was an Old Person of Philae,
Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;
He rushed up a Palm,
When the weather was calm,
And observed all the ruins of Philae.

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) , "Nileinsamkeit", published 1960 [voice and piano], from Nonsense Rhymes, no. 7, published under the pseudonym Karel Drofnatski

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

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