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Author: Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)

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A Book of Nonsense

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An Angry Cactus Does No Good (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
An Old and Crumbling Parapet (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
And I thought you beside me (And I thought you beside me ) - B. Elias *
And I thought you beside me *
B. Elias: And I thought you beside me

Aunty Jill (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Aunty Jill

Aunty Mig (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Aunty Mig

Aunty Nag (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Aunty Nag

Aunty Vi (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Aunty Vi

Aunty Flo (When Aunty Flo/ became a crow) (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) - G. Bachlund *
Aunty Grace (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) - G. Bachlund [x] *
Aunty Jane (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) - G. Bachlund [x] *
'Come, Break the News to Me, Sweet Horse' (Come, break the news to me, sweet horse) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
Come, break the news to me, sweet horse (from A Book of Nonsense) [x] *
G. Bachlund: 'Come, Break the News to Me, Sweet Horse'

Conceit - B. Elias [x] *
Crocodiles (She stared at him as hard as she) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund *
Crown Me With Hairpins (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
How Fly the Birds of Heaven (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
I cannot give the reasons (from A Book of Nonsense) *
G. Bachlund: I Cannot Give You Reasons

I Cannot Give You Reasons (I cannot give the reasons) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund *
I Cannot Give the Reasons (I cannot give the reasons) (from A Book of Nonsense) *
G. Bachlund: I Cannot Give You Reasons

I Have My Price (I have my price - it's rather high) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund *
I have my price - it's rather high (from A Book of Nonsense) *
G. Bachlund: I Have My Price

In crazy balance - B. Elias [x] *
It Is Most Best (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
'It Worries Me to Know' (It worries me to know) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
It worries me to know (from A Book of Nonsense) [x] *
G. Bachlund: 'It Worries Me to Know'

Lean Sideways on the Wind (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
Leave the Stronger (from A Book of Nonsense) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Leave the Stronger

Little Spider (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
No difference - B. Elias [x] *
O Here It Is! And There It Is! (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
O Little Fly (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
O Love! O Death! O Ecstasy! (O Love! O Death! O Ecstasy!) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
O Love! O Death! O Ecstasy! (from A Book of Nonsense) [x] *
G. Bachlund: O Love! O Death! O Ecstasy!

O'er Seas That Have No Beaches (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
Of Pygmies, Palms and Pirates (Of pygmies, palms and pirates) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund *
Of pygmies, palms and pirates (from A Book of Nonsense) *
G. Bachlund: Of Pygmies, Palms and Pirates

She stared at him as hard as she (from A Book of Nonsense) *
G. Bachlund: Crocodiles

Shrink, Shrink (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
Squat Ursula (from A Book of Nonsense) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Squat Ursula

Swallow the sky - B. Elias [x] *
That lance of light - B. Elias [x] *
The Adventures of Footfruit (from A Book of Nonsense) [x] *
G. Bachlund: The Adventures of Footfruit

The Thread Remains (from A Book of Nonsense) [x] *
G. Bachlund: The Thread Remains

The Dwarf of Battersea (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
The Hideous Root (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
The Men in Bowler Hats Are Sweet (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
The Trouble With Geraniums (The trouble with geraniums ) (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund *
The trouble with geraniums (from A Book of Nonsense) *
G. Bachlund: The Trouble With Geraniums

Tintinnabulum (from A Book of Nonsense) - G. Bachlund [x] *
Uncle Jake (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Uncle Jake

Uncle Sam (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) [x] *
G. Bachlund: Uncle Sam

Uncle Wog (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) - G. Bachlund [x] *
When Aunty Flo/ became a crow (from A Book of Nonsense - Aunts and Uncles) *
G. Bachlund: Aunty Flo

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