Category Archives: Edward Lear

The second song from Elton Hayes’s first Edward Lear record: The Jumblies.

Cartoon Brew reports that Gilbert Mack passed away on 5 December 2005 at the age of 93. In addition to movies and lending his voice to several cartoon characters, Mack published 78-rpm records of his readings of two of Edward … Continue reading →

Elton Hayes published three 78-rpm records with Edward Lear songs, the first one in October 1950 (Parlophone R 3329) and containing The Table and the Chair and The Jumblies (to be posted next Wednesday). This was followed by Parlophone R … Continue reading →

I am still working on the new nonsenselit.org site, but have decided to take down the “Sounds” section and re-post weekly what was in it here. This week I’m posting a full BBC Radio 4 program of 2 December 2000 … Continue reading →

This week’s song is from a three-record box published by Bluebird Records (made by RCA Victor) in the late 1930s early 1940s. Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow, music by Helen E. Myers, sung by Craig McDonnell.

This week’s podcast is The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, read by David Davis, side 2 of his 1966 45-rpm record, The Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear Read by David Davis, Delysé DEL 158. Side 1 has The Daddy Long-Legs and … Continue reading →

Eight works of Mr Edward Lear, spoken with the utmost gravity by Mr Ivan Smith, and set to music of the most nonsensical nature by John Sangster. These eight word-pieces embedded within fourteen more instrumental excursions which take their titles … Continue reading →

Edward Lear’s most famous Nonsense song, The Owl and the Pussy-cat, was among the first pieces of music to be recorded. I have been able to find three different recordings of the same arrangement for four voices, here they are: … Continue reading →

Jim’s Big Ego have realeased their music under a Creative Commons licence which allows noncommercial distrubution, so here is their Edward Lear-based song, The Jumblies, from the album Don’t Get Smart. If you want to hear earlier song versions of … Continue reading →