My father has four horses Each in its stall Mine is the brown one, He’s the best of all. You can have the gray one, Lars can have the black. But father always rides the mare Into town and back.
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Authorship:
- by Rose Amy Fyleman (1877 - 1957) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964), "Horses", 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-31
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