Nonsense Songs starts with The Owl and the Pussy-cat. It talks about the romance – I repeat romance– between an Owl and a Pussycat, entirely in verse. It is followed by poems like The Duck and the Kangaroo, The Daddy Long-Legs and The Fly and The Jumblies. I'm a huge fan of literary nonsense and absurd in poetry and prose so it was obvious that I will love Edward Lear too, and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. This volume, illustrated by the author contains his most popular poems and songs.
Edward Lear (12 May 1812, Holloway – 29 January 1888, Sanremo) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, now known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.
Nonsense Songs - Edward Lear. The Project Gutenberg eBook, Nonsense Song, by Edward Lear. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with. almost no restrictions whatsoever. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat The Duck and the Kangaroo The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly The Jumblies The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs Calico Pie Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker, and the Tongs The Table And The Chair. The owl and the pussy-cat.
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets. by Edward Lear, 1894.
The Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear. Delysé, 45RPM, DEL 158, 1966. The Owl and the Pussycat. The Jolly Nonsense of Edward Lear in Story, Song & Poetry. Sunset Records (Talespinners for Children), LP, Stereo UAC11078. Edward Lear’s Nonsense Stories and Poems. Read by Claire Bloom. Caedmon Children’s Classics, LP, TCp 1279, 1970. Records 9 45534-2, 1994. Mr and Mrs Discobbolos.
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised. You shadow forth to distant men, I read and felt that I was there. Edward Lear was known to introduce himself with his long name: "Mr Abebika kratoponoko Prizzikalo Kattefello Ablegorabalus Ableborinto phashyph" or "Chakonoton the Cozovex Dossi Fossi Sini Tomentilla Coronilla Polentilla Battledore & Shuttlecock Derry down Derry Dumps" which he based on rniostikos.
Nonsense Songs and Stories by Edward Lear. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
A was an ant Who seldom stood still, And who made a nice house In the side of a hill. Nice little ant! B was a bat, Who slept all the day, And fluttered about When the sun went away. Brown little bat! C was a camel: You rode on his hump; And if you fell off, You came down such a bump! What a high camel! D was a duck With spots on his back, Who lived in the water, And always said "Quack!" Dear little duck! E was an elephant, Stately and wise: He had tusks and a trunk, And two queer little eyes.
