There was a man of Edmonton (George Alexander Macfarren)

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• (Posted 2023-11-13)  CPDL #77248:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-13).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 418 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: There was a man of Edmonton
Composer: George Alexander Macfarren
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Madrigal, Nursery-rhyme

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1881 Hutchings & Romer
Description: Three Madrigals set to Nursery Rhymes No. 3

Original text and translations

English text

There was a man of Edmonton,
And he was wondrous wise;
He jumped into a quickset hedge,
And scratched out both his eyes;
And when he saw his eyes were out,
With all his might and all his main,
He jumped into another hedge,
And scratched them in again.