Proverb song (Horatio Richmond Palmer)

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• (Posted 2023-11-27)  CPDL #77588:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-27).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 417 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Proverb song
Composer: Horatio Richmond Palmer
Lyricist: Mary Ann Kidder
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1891 Biglow & Main Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

As poor as a church-mouse,
As thin as a rail;
As fat as a porpoise,
As rough as a gale;
As brave as a lion,
As spry as a cat;
As bright as a sixpence,
As weak as a rat;
As proud as a peacock,
As sly as a fox;
As mad as a March hare,
As strong as an ox;
As fair as a lily,
As empty as air;
As rich as a Croesus,
As cross as a bear.
As pure as an angel,
As neat as a pin;
As smart as a steel-trap,
As ugly as sin;
As dead as a doornail,
As white as a sheet;
As flat as a pancake,
As red as a beet;
As round as an apple,
As black as your hat;
As brown as a berry,
As blind as a bat;
As mean as a miser,
As full as a tick;
As plump as a partridge,
As sharp as a stick.
As clean as a penny,
As dark as a pall;
As hard as a millstone,
As bitter as gall;
As fit as a fiddle,
As clear as a bell;
As dry as a herring,
As deep as a well;
As light as a feather,
As hard as a rock;
As stiff as a poker,
As calm as a clock;
As green as a gosling,
As brisk as a bee;
And now I will stop,
Lest you weary of me.