It's a very odd thing ----- As odd as can be --- That whatever Miss T. eats Turns into Miss T.; Porridge and apples, Mince, muffins and mutton, Jam, junket, jumbles ---- Not a rap, not a button It matters; the moment They're out of her plate, Though shared by Miss Butcher And sour Mr. Bate; Tiny and cheerful, And neat as can be, Whatever Miss T. eats Turns into Miss T.
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Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Miss T.", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 15, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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 (b. 1947), "Miss T.", 2006 [ medium-high voice, piano ], from Pieces of Peacock Pie, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Miss T.", 1932, published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Five Children's Songs From Peacock Pie, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "Miss T.", op. 33 no. 6 (1919), published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Peacock Pie, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "Miss T.", published 1950 [ voice and piano ], note: voice must not be bass [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
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