 He published four settings in 1853, five in 1859, and three in 1860.Lear's were the only musical settings that Tennyson approved of.Lear also composed music for many of his nonsense songs, including "The Owl and the Pussy-cat," but only two of the scores have survived, the music for "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò" and "The Pelican Chorus".