I know a little cupboard, With a teeny tiny key, And there's a jar of Lollypops For me, me, me. It has a little shelf, my dear, As dark as dark can be, And there's a dish of Banbury Cakes For me, me, me. I have a small fat grandmamma, With a very slippery knee, And she's the Keeper of the Cupboard With the key, key, key. And I'm very good, my dear, As good as good can be, There's Banbury Cakes, and Lollypops For me, me, me.
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Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The cupboard", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 24, 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), "The cupboard", 2006 [ medium-high voice, piano ], from Pieces of Peacock Pie, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943), "The cupboard", published c1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901 - 1947), "The cupboard", published 1927 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Three Songs from "Peacock Pie" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric Leigh , "The cupboard", published 1960 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Howard D. McKinney (b. 1890), "The cupboard", published <<1940, from Four Crumbs from "A Peacock Pie" [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Otto Miessner (1880 - 1967), "The cupboard", published 1929 [ voice and piano ], in The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony Francis Dominic Milner (b. 1925), "The cupboard", published 1959 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Peacock Pie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Douglas Stuart Moore (1893 - 1969), "The cupboard", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], in New Songs for New Voices [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dorothy Parke , "The cupboard", published 1962 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by May A. Strong , "The cupboard", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], in New Songs for New Voices [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 88