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Author: Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Ave Ogden! Nash in Latin
Free Wheeling
Good Intentions
Happy Days
Hard Lines
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Many Long Years Ago
Marriage Lines
Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo
The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse
The Face is Familiar
The Family Reunion
The Old Dog Barks Backwards
The Primrose Path
The Private Dining Room
Versus
You Can't Get There From Here

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A caution to everybody (Consider the auk) (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Epstein *
A caution to hillbilly singers, harpists, harpoonists, channel-swimmers, and people first in line for World Series tickets (from The Private Dining Room) - J. Bilik [x] *
A drink with something in it (from The Primrose Path) [x] *
P. Hagemann: The martini

A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint (from Hard Lines)
A. Frackenpohl: Pants and paint

A mighty creature is the germ (from The Primrose Path) *
V. Duke: The germ

A nice girl with a naughty word (The greatest error ever erred) (from Versus) - A. Frackenpohl *
Adventures of Isabel (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) [x] *
O. Mortensen: Adventures of Isabel

Allow me, Madam, but it won't help (from Good Intentions) [x] *
A. Frackenpohl: Women sitting firmly on their coats

An elderly bride of Port Jervis (from The Private Dining Room) *
A. Frackenpohl: Lady Limericks

As pants the heart - M. Horder [x] *
Barnyard cogitations (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - Q. Porter [x] *
Be careful not to cross the gander (from Good Intentions) *
J. Berger: The gander

Behold the duck (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) *
V. Duke, P. Hagemann: The duck

Behold the hippopotamus! (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) *
J. Berger: The hippopotamus

Biological reflection (A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint) (from Hard Lines)
A. Frackenpohl: Pants and paint

Celery (Celery, raw develops the jaw) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann, E. Diemer *
Celery, raw develops the jaw (from Good Intentions) *
P. Hagemann, E. Diemer: Celery

Consider the auk (from The Private Dining Room) *
A. Epstein: A caution to everybody

Correction: Eve delved and Adam span (from The Private Dining Room) [x] *
A. Frackenpohl: The ladies of the garden clubbub

Eels (I don't mind eels except as meals) (from Good Intentions) - E. Diemer *
Further reflections on parsley (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann [x] *
Glossina mortisans or the Tsetse (from Good Intentions) [x] *
P. Hagemann: Glossina mortisans or the Tsetse

God, in his wisdom invented the fly (from Good Intentions) *
P. Hagemann: The fly

Ha! Original Sin [x] *
V. Duke: Vanity, vanity

Hark to the whimper of the sea-gull (from The Family Reunion) *
J. Wyttenbach: Two nonsense verses
V. Duke, N. Shapiro: The sea-gull

I don't mind eels except as meals (from Good Intentions) *
E. Diemer: Eels
P. Hagemann: The eel

I give you now Professor Twist (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) *
S. Cumberworth: The purist

I must admit (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) [x] *
V. Duke: The fly

I objurgate the centipede (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) *
E. Diemer, V. Duke: The centipede

I will arise and go now (In far Tibet there live a lama) (from Versus) - S. Adler *
I'm an autocratic figure in these democratic states (from Happy Days) *
R. Armbruster: Quartet for prosperous love-children

In far Tibet there live a lama (from Versus) *
J. Bilik: The lama (I will arise and go now)
J. Cohn: The lama
S. Adler: I will arise and go now

Lady Limericks (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Frackenpohl [x] *
Lady Limericks (There was a young belle of old Natchez) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - A. Frackenpohl *
Lady Limericks (An elderly bride of Port Jervis) (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Frackenpohl *
Limerick Three (from The Private Dining Room) [x] *
A. Frackenpohl: Lady Limericks

Limerick One (An elderly bride of Port Jervis) (from The Private Dining Room) *
A. Frackenpohl: Lady Limericks

Love under the Republicans (or Democrats) (from Hard Lines) [x]
P. Reif: Love under the Republicans (or Democrats)

More than a catbird hates a cat (from Marriage Lines) *
A. Frackenpohl: To my valentine

My dream (This is my dream) (from You Can't Get There From Here) - D. Bates *
My heart leaps up when I behold (from Happy Days) *
S. Adler: Song to be sung by the father of infant female children

Oh shucks, Ma'am, I mean Excuse Me (The greatest error ever erred) (from Versus) *
A. Frackenpohl: A nice girl with a naughty word

Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan (from Versus) *
P. Hagemann: The lion

One cantaloupe is ripe and lush (from Good Intentions) *
P. Hagemann: The cantaloupe

Our dog (from Good Intentions) - V. Duke [x] *
Pants and paint (A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint) (from Hard Lines) - A. Frackenpohl
Pants and paint (Sure, deck your limbs in pants) (from Free Wheeling) - A. Frackenpohl *
Please pass the biscuit (from Good Intentions) [x] *
V. Duke: Our dog

Pray, butcher, spare yon tender calf! (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) *
V. Duke: The calf

Quartet for prosperous love-children (I'm an autocratic figure in these democratic states ) (from Happy Days) - R. Armbruster *
Requiem (There was a young belle of old Natchez) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) *
A. Frackenpohl: Lady Limericks

Seaside serenade (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - J. Bilik [x] *
Some primal termite knocked on wood (from Good Intentions) *
V. Duke, P. Hagemann, N. Shapiro: The termite

Song to be sung by the father of infant female children (My heart leaps up when I behold ) (from Happy Days) - S. Adler *
Sure, deck your limbs in pants (from Free Wheeling) *
A. Frackenpohl: Pants and paint

Taboo to boot (from Many Long Years Ago) - V. Duke [x] *
Tell me, O Octopus, I begs (from Good Intentions) *
P. Hagemann: The octopus

The anniversary (from Ave Ogden! Nash in Latin) - V. Duke [x] *
The ant (The ant has made himself illustrious) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - J. Berger, V. Duke *
The ant has made himself illustrious (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) *
J. Berger, V. Duke: The ant

The calf (Pray, butcher, spare yon tender calf!) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke *
The camel (The camel has a single hump) (from The Primrose Path) - J. Berger, C. Shearer *
The camel has a single hump (from The Primrose Path) *
J. Berger, C. Shearer: The camel

The cantaloupe (One cantaloupe is ripe and lush) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann *
The centipede (I objurgate the centipede) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - E. Diemer, V. Duke *
The cow (The cow is of the bovine ilk) (from Free Wheeling) - J. Berger, V. Duke
The cow is of the bovine ilk (from Free Wheeling)
J. Berger, V. Duke: The cow

The duck (Behold the duck) (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - V. Duke, P. Hagemann *
The eel (I don't mind eels except as meals) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann *
The feminine approach to feminine fashions (There would be far less masculine gaming and boozing) (from Good Intentions) - A. Frackenpohl *
The firefly (The firefly's flame Is something for which science has no name) (from Good Intentions) - V. Duke, P. Hagemann *
The firefly's flame Is something for which science has no name (from Good Intentions) *
V. Duke, P. Hagemann: The firefly

The fish (from Hard Lines) - N. Shapiro [x] *
The fly (God, in his wisdom invented the fly) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann *
The fly (I must admit) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
The frog (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
The gander (Be careful not to cross the gander) (from Good Intentions) - J. Berger *
The germ (A mighty creature is the germ) (from The Primrose Path) - V. Duke *
The greatest error ever erred (from Versus) *
A. Frackenpohl: A nice girl with a naughty word

The hippopotamus (Behold the hippopotamus! ) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - J. Berger *
The jellyfish (Who wants my jellyfish?) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke
The kitten (The kitten's face is soft) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
The kitten (The trouble with a kitten is that) (from The Face is Familiar) - P. Hagemann *
The kitten's face is soft (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) [x] *
V. Duke: The kitten

The ladies of the garden clubbub (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Frackenpohl [x] *
The lama (In far Tibet there live a lama) (from Versus) - J. Cohn *
The lama (I will arise and go now) (In far Tibet there live a lama) (from Versus) - J. Bilik *
The lion (Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan) (from Versus) - P. Hagemann *
The martini (from The Primrose Path) - P. Hagemann [x] *
The mermaid (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann [x] *
The mouse (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
The octopus (Tell me, O Octopus, I begs) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann *
The ostrich (from You Can't Get There From Here) - P. Hagemann [x] *
The parsnip (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann [x] *
The pidgeon (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) [x] *
V. Duke: The pigeon

The pig (The Pig, if I am not mistaken ) (from Happy Days) - G. Bachlund, V. Duke, P. Hagemann *
The Pig, if I am not mistaken (from Happy Days) *
G. Bachlund, V. Duke, P. Hagemann: The pig

The pigeon (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
The pizza (from You Can't Get There From Here) - P. Hagemann, D. Bates [x] *
The pizza [Table Talk 3] (from You Can't Get There From Here) [x] *
P. Hagemann, D. Bates: The pizza

The private dining room (from The Private Dining Room) - V. Duke [x] *
The purist (I give you now Professor Twist ) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - S. Cumberworth *
The python (from The Old Dog Barks Backwards) - A. Plog [x] *
The rhino is a homely beast (from Happy Days) *
P. Spino: The rhinoceros

The rhinoceros (The rhino is a homely beast) (from Happy Days) - P. Spino *
The rooster (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
The sea-gull (Hark to the whimper of the sea-gull ) (from The Family Reunion) - V. Duke, N. Shapiro *
The sparrow (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
The sweetbread (from You Can't Get There From Here) - P. Hagemann [x] *
The sweetbread [Table Talk 2] (from You Can't Get There From Here) [x] *
P. Hagemann: The sweetbread

The termite (Some primal termite knocked on wood) (from Good Intentions) - V. Duke, P. Hagemann, N. Shapiro *
The terrible people (from Happy Days) - J. Cohn [x] *
The trouble with a kitten is that (from The Face is Familiar) *
P. Hagemann: The kitten

The turkey (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - V. Duke [x] *
The turtle (The turtles lives 'twixt plated decks) (from Hard Lines) - A. Plog, J. Corigliano *
The turtles lives 'twixt plated decks (from Hard Lines) *
A. Plog, J. Corigliano: The turtle
J. Wyttenbach: Two nonsense verses

There was a young belle of old Natchez (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) *
A. Frackenpohl: Lady Limericks

There would be far less masculine gaming and boozing (from Good Intentions) *
A. Frackenpohl: The feminine approach to feminine fashions

This is my dream (from You Can't Get There From Here) *
D. Bates: My dream

Thoughts thought after a bridge party (from Versus) - J. Bilik [x] *
Thoughts thought on an avenue (There would be far less masculine gaming and boozing) (from Good Intentions) *
A. Frackenpohl: The feminine approach to feminine fashions

To my valentine (More than a catbird hates a cat) (from Marriage Lines) - A. Frackenpohl *
Tweedledee and Tweedledoom (from The Private Dining Room) [x] *
J. Avshalomov: Tweedledee and Tweedledoom

Two nonsense verses (Hark to the whimper of the sea-gull ) (from The Family Reunion) - J. Wyttenbach *
Two nonsense verses (The turtles lives 'twixt plated decks) (from Hard Lines) - J. Wyttenbach *
Vanity, vanity - V. Duke [x] *
What's the use? (Sure, deck your limbs in pants) (from Free Wheeling) *
A. Frackenpohl: Pants and paint

Who wants my jellyfish? (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo)
V. Duke: The jellyfish

Women sitting firmly on their coats (from Good Intentions) - A. Frackenpohl [x] *
Yorkshire pudding (from You Can't Get There From Here) - P. Hagemann [x] *
Yorkshire pudding [Table Talk 1] (from You Can't Get There From Here) [x] *
P. Hagemann: Yorkshire pudding

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