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There Was an Old Man (Three Brief Nonsense Limericks)
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There Was an Old Man (Three Brief Nonsense Limericks) by Stanley M. Hoffman SSAATTBB - Digital Sheet Music

By Stanley M. Hoffman
Chorus Choir (SSAATTBB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1793444

Composed by Stanley M. Hoffman. This edition: pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Classical. 4 pages. Stanleymhoffman.com #1353618. Published by stanleymhoffman.com (A0.1793444).

New! "There Was an Old Man" (Three Brief Nonsense Limericks) for SATB Chorus (divisi), Triangle, Flute, and Hand Gong. Texts from the “Book of Nonsense Limericks” by Edward Lear (1812–1888) Music: © Copyright 2026 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved.

TEXTS

There was an Old Man, who said, "Well!
Will NOBODY answer this bell?
I have pulled day and night,
Till my hair has grown white,
But nobody answers this bell!"

There was an Old Man with a flute,
A sarpint* ran into his boot;
But he played day and night,
Till the sarpint took flight,
And avoided that man with a flute.

There was an Old Man with a gong,
Who bumped at it all the day long;
But they called out, "O law!
You're a horrid old bore!"
So they smashed that Old Man with a gong.

* serpent

—Edward Lear

https://youtu.be/K3hL23sI3nI.

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