Texts by O. Nash set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Ave Ogden! Nash in Latin
• Free Wheeling
• Good Intentions
• Happy Days
• Hard Lines
• I'm a Stranger Here Myself
• Many Long Years Ago
• Marriage Lines
• Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo
• The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse
• The Face is Familiar
• The Family Reunion
• The Old Dog Barks Backwards
• The Primrose Path
• The Private Dining Room
• Versus
• You Can't Get There From Here

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• A caution to everybody (Consider the auk) (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Epstein *
• A caution to hillbilly singers, harpists, harpoonists, channel-swimmers, and people first in line for World Series tickets () (from The Private Dining Room) - J. Bilik [x] *
• A drink with something in it () (from The Primrose Path) [x] *
• Adventures of Isabel () (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - O. Mortensen [x] *
• A flea and a fly in a flue * - F. Price
• A Flea and a Fly (A flea and a fly in a flue) - F. Price *
• A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint (from Hard Lines) - A. Frackenpohl (Biological reflection)
• Allow me, Madam, but it won't help () (from Good Intentions) [x] *
• A mighty creature is the germ (from The Primrose Path) * - V. Duke, T. Hoekman (The germ)
• An elderly bride of Port Jervis (from The Private Dining Room) * - A. Frackenpohl (Limerick One)
• A nice girl with a naughty word (The greatest error ever erred) (from Versus) - A. Frackenpohl *
• As pants the heart () - M. Horder [x] *
• Barnyard cogitations () (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - Q. Porter [x] *
• Be careful not to cross the gander (from Good Intentions) * - J. Berger (The gander)
• Behold the duck (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) * - V. Duke, P. Hagemann (The duck)
• Behold the hippopotamus! (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) * - J. Berger, T. Hoekman (The hippopotamus)
• Biological reflection (A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint) (from Hard Lines)
• Celery, raw develops the jaw (from Good Intentions) * (Celery) - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann
• Celery, raw (from Good Intentions) * - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann (Celery)
• Celery (Celery, raw) (from Good Intentions) - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann *
• Consider the auk (from The Private Dining Room) * - A. Epstein (A caution to everybody)
• Correction: Eve delved and Adam span () (from The Private Dining Room) [x] *
• Eels (I don't mind eels) (from Good Intentions) - E. Diemer *
• For a good dog (My little dog, ten years ago) - S. Paulus *
• Further reflections on parsley () (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• Glossina mortisans or the Tsetse () (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• God, in his wisdom invented the fly (from Good Intentions) * (The fly) - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann, T. Hoekman
• God, in his wisdom (from Good Intentions) * - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann, T. Hoekman (The fly)
• Ha! Original Sin () [x] *
• Hark to the whimper of the sea-gull (from The Family Reunion) * - V. Duke, N. Shapiro (The sea-gull)
• I don't mind eels except as meals (from Good Intentions) * (The eel) - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann
• I don't mind eels (from Good Intentions) * - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann (The eel)
• I find among the poems of Schiller (from The Private Dining Room) * - T. Hoekman
• I give you now Professor Twist (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) * - S. Cumberworth, D. Healey (The purist)
• I'm an autocratic figure in these democratic states (from Happy Days) * - R. Armbruster (Quartet for prosperous love-children)
• I must admit (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) [x] * - V. Duke (The fly)
• In far Tibet there live a lama (from Versus) * (I will arise and go now) - S. Adler, J. Bilik, J. Cohn
• In far Tibet (from Versus) * - S. Adler, J. Bilik, J. Cohn (I will arise and go now)
• I objurgate the centipede (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) * - E. Diemer, V. Duke (The centipede)
• I regret that before people can be reformed * - R. Panufnik (Piano Tuner, Untune me that Tune)
• I will arise and go now (In far Tibet) (from Versus) - S. Adler *
• Lady Limericks (An elderly bride of Port Jervis) (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Frackenpohl *
• Lady Limericks (There was a young belle of old Natchez) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - A. Frackenpohl *
• Lady Limericks () (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Frackenpohl [x] *
• Limerick One (An elderly bride of Port Jervis) (from The Private Dining Room) *
• Limerick Three () (from The Private Dining Room) [x] *
• Love under the Republicans (or Democrats) () (from Hard Lines) - P. Reif [x]
• More than a catbird hates a cat (from Marriage Lines) * - A. Frackenpohl (To my valentine)
• My dream (This is my dream) (from You Can't Get There From Here) - D. Bates *
• My heart leaps up when I behold (from Happy Days) * - S. Adler (Song to be sung by the father of infant female children)
• My little dog, ten years ago * - S. Paulus (For a good dog)
• Oh shucks, Ma'am, I mean Excuse Me (The greatest error ever erred) (from Versus) *
• Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan (from Versus) * - P. Hagemann (The lion)
• Old men (People expect old men to die) - S. Paulus *
• One cantaloupe is ripe and lush (from Good Intentions) * - P. Hagemann (The cantaloupe)
• Our dog () (from Good Intentions) - V. Duke [x] *
• Pants and paint (A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint) (from Hard Lines) - A. Frackenpohl
• Pants and paint (Sure, deck your limbs in pants) (from Free Wheeling) - A. Frackenpohl *
• People expect old men to die * - S. Paulus (Old men)
• Piano Tuner, Untune Me That Tune (I regret that before people can be reformed) - R. Panufnik *
• Please pass the biscuit () (from Good Intentions) [x] *
• Pray, butcher, spare yon tender calf! (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) * - V. Duke (The calf)
• Quartet for prosperous love-children (I'm an autocratic figure in these democratic states) (from Happy Days) - R. Armbruster *
• Requiem (There was a young belle of old Natchez) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) *
• Samson Agonistes () - E. Diemer [x] *
• Seaside serenade () (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - J. Bilik [x] *
• Some primal termite knocked on wood (from Good Intentions) * - V. Duke, P. Hagemann, N. Shapiro (The termite)
• Song to be sung by the father of infant female children (My heart leaps up when I behold) (from Happy Days) - S. Adler *
• Sure, deck your limbs in pants (from Free Wheeling) * - A. Frackenpohl (What's the use?)
• Taboo to boot () (from Many Long Years Ago) - V. Duke [x] *
• Tell me, O Octopus, I begs (from Good Intentions) * - P. Hagemann (The octopus)
• The anniversary () (from Ave Ogden! Nash in Latin) - V. Duke [x] *
• The ant has made himself illustrious (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) * - J. Berger, V. Duke (The ant)
• The ant (The ant has made himself illustrious) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - J. Berger, V. Duke *
• The calf (Pray, butcher, spare yon tender calf!) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke *
• The camel has a single hump (from The Primrose Path) * - J. Berger, C. Shearer (The camel)
• The camel (The camel has a single hump) (from The Primrose Path) - J. Berger, C. Shearer *
• The cantaloupe (One cantaloupe is ripe and lush) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann *
• The Caterpillar (I find among the poems of Schiller) (from The Private Dining Room) - T. Hoekman *
• The centipede (I objurgate the centipede) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - E. Diemer, V. Duke *
• The cow is of the bovine ilk (from Free Wheeling) - J. Berger, V. Duke (The cow)
• The cow (The cow is of the bovine ilk) (from Free Wheeling) - J. Berger, V. Duke
• The duck (Behold the duck) (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - V. Duke, P. Hagemann *
• The eel (I don't mind eels) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann *
• The feminine approach to feminine fashions (There would be far less masculine gaming and boozing) (from Good Intentions) - A. Frackenpohl *
• The firefly's flame Is something for which science has no name (from Good Intentions) * (The firefly) - V. Duke, P. Hagemann
• The firefly's flame (from Good Intentions) * - V. Duke, P. Hagemann (The firefly)
• The firefly (The firefly's flame) (from Good Intentions) - V. Duke, P. Hagemann *
• The fish () (from Hard Lines) - N. Shapiro [x] *
• The fly (God, in his wisdom) (from Good Intentions) - E. Diemer, P. Hagemann, T. Hoekman *
• The fly (I must admit) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
• The frog () (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
• The gander (Be careful not to cross the gander) (from Good Intentions) - J. Berger *
• The germ (A mighty creature is the germ) (from The Primrose Path) - V. Duke, T. Hoekman *
• The greatest error ever erred (from Versus) * - A. Frackenpohl (Oh shucks, Ma'am, I mean Excuse Me)
• The hippopotamus (Behold the hippopotamus!) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - J. Berger, T. Hoekman *
• The jellyfish (Who wants my jellyfish?) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke
• The kangaroo can jump incredible (from Good Intentions) * - T. Hoekman
• The Kangaroo (The kangaroo can jump incredible) (from Good Intentions) - T. Hoekman *
• The kitten's face is soft (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) [x] * - V. Duke (The kitten)
• The kitten (The kitten's face is soft) (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
• The kitten (The trouble with a kitten is that) (from The Face is Familiar) - P. Hagemann *
• The ladies of the garden clubbub () (from The Private Dining Room) - A. Frackenpohl [x] *
• The lama (I will arise and go now) (In far Tibet) (from Versus) - J. Bilik *
• The lama (In far Tibet) (from Versus) - J. Cohn *
• The lion (Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan) (from Versus) - P. Hagemann *
• The martini () (from The Primrose Path) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• The mermaid () (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• The middle (When I remember bygone days) - S. Paulus *
• The mouse () (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
• The octopus (Tell me, O Octopus, I begs) (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann *
• The ostrich () (from You Can't Get There From Here) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• The parsnip () (from Good Intentions) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• The pidgeon () (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) [x] *
• The pigeon () (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
• The Pig, if I am not mistaken (from Happy Days) * - G. Bachlund, V. Duke, P. Hagemann (The pig)
• The pig (The Pig, if I am not mistaken) (from Happy Days) - G. Bachlund, V. Duke, P. Hagemann *
• The pizza [Table Talk 3] () (from You Can't Get There From Here) [x] *
• The pizza () (from You Can't Get There From Here) - D. Bates, P. Hagemann [x] *
• The private dining room () (from The Private Dining Room) - V. Duke [x] *
• The purist (I give you now Professor Twist) (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) - S. Cumberworth, D. Healey *
• The python () (from The Old Dog Barks Backwards) - A. Plog [x] *
• There is nothing more perky (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) * - V. Duke, T. Hoekman (The turkey)
• There was a young belle of old Natchez (from I'm a Stranger Here Myself) * - A. Frackenpohl (Requiem)
• There would be far less masculine gaming and boozing (from Good Intentions) * - A. Frackenpohl (Thoughts thought on an avenue)
• The rhinoceros (The rhino is a homely beast) (from Happy Days) - P. Spino *
• The rhino is a homely beast (from Happy Days) * - P. Spino (The rhinoceros)
• The rooster () (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
• The sea-gull (Hark to the whimper of the sea-gull) (from The Family Reunion) - V. Duke, N. Shapiro *
• The sparrow () (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke [x] *
• The sweetbread [Table Talk 2] () (from You Can't Get There From Here) [x] *
• The sweetbread () (from You Can't Get There From Here) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• The termite (Some primal termite knocked on wood) (from Good Intentions) - V. Duke, P. Hagemann, N. Shapiro *
• The terrible people () (from Happy Days) - J. Cohn [x] *
• The trouble with a kitten is that (from The Face is Familiar) * - P. Hagemann (The kitten)
• The turkey (There is nothing more perky) (from The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse) - V. Duke, T. Hoekman *
• The turtles lives 'twixt plated decks (from Hard Lines) * - J. Corigliano, A. Plog (The turtle)
• The turtle (The turtles lives 'twixt plated decks) (from Hard Lines) - J. Corigliano, A. Plog *
• The wombat lives across the seas (from Many Long Years Ago) * - T. Hoekman
• The Wombat (The wombat lives across the seas) (from Many Long Years Ago) - T. Hoekman *
• This is my dream (from You Can't Get There From Here) * - D. Bates (My dream)
• Thoughts thought after a bridge party () (from Versus) - J. Bilik [x] *
• Thoughts thought on an avenue (There would be far less masculine gaming and boozing) (from Good Intentions) *
• Time marches on (You ask me, brothers, why I flinch) - S. Paulus *
• To my valentine (More than a catbird hates a cat) (from Marriage Lines) - A. Frackenpohl *
• Tweedledee and Tweedledoom () (from The Private Dining Room) - J. Avshalomov [x] *
• Vanity, vanity () - V. Duke [x] *
• What's the use? (Sure, deck your limbs in pants) (from Free Wheeling) *
• When I remember bygone days * - S. Paulus (The middle)
• Who wants my jellyfish? (from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo) - V. Duke (The jellyfish)
• Women sitting firmly on their coats () (from Good Intentions) - A. Frackenpohl [x] *
• Yorkshire pudding [Table Talk 1] () (from You Can't Get There From Here) [x] *
• Yorkshire pudding () (from You Can't Get There From Here) - P. Hagemann [x] *
• You ask me, brothers, why I flinch * - S. Paulus (Time marches on)

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