Edward Lear - Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets

A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the «Owl and the Pussycat» and a recipe for Amblongus Pie, which begins «Take 4 pounds (say 4½ pounds) of fresh ablongusses and put them in a small pipkin.»

Edward Lear was an English writer, poet, cat-lover, and illustrator (his watercolours are beautiful). This recording celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lear's birth. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)