That’s Donovan, a familiar voice from the past, with part of the title song for his new CD, “Pied Piper.” It’s also the birthday today of the British poet, Robert Browning, who wrote the definitive poem about the Pied Piper.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Pied-Piper.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 7/24/2000 Pied Piper Transcript The Pied Piper of Hamelin, that wonderful narrative poem for children written by Robert Browning, was first published July 22, 1842. In Browning’s version of the legend, the town of Hamelin, was infested with rats: “Rats! They fought the dogs, […]