There was a Young Lady of Parma
Composed by 
Margaret Ruthven Lang
Margaret Ruthven Lang Text by 
Edward Lear
Edward Lear More Nonsense Rhymes & Pictures, Op. 43 Song Collection
"There was a Young Lady of Parma" is a setting of Edward Lear's text by composer Margaret Ruthven Lang. The poem was published in 1846 at No. 109 in Lear's A Book of Nonsense. The song is part of Margaret Ruthven Lang's More Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43.
Text
There was a Young Lady of Parma
by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
When they said, ‘Are you dumb?’
She merely said, ‘Hum!’
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.
Audio
“There was a Young Lady of Parma” (from “More Nonsense Rhymes & Pictures, Op. 43”)
Donald George (tenor) & Lucy Mauro (piano)2:33
Sheet Music
More Nonsense Rhymes & Pictures, Op. 43
Margaret Ruthven Lang
1. There was a Young Lady of Parma
2. There was an Old Man with a Beard
2. There was an Old Man with a Beard