The Centipede (Eric Fogg)

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• (Posted 2023-10-16)  CPDL #76376:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-16).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 475 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Centipede
Composer: Eric Fogg
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1922 Curwen & Sons
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

The Centipede was happy quite,
Until a Toad in fun
Said, “Pray, which leg goes after which?”
This rais’d her mind to such a pitch,
She lay a-kicking in a ditch
A-wondering how to run.

Usually attributed anon.
Published (alt.) 1871 by Katherine Craster (1841–1874)