Which creature sings the song 'Beautiful Soup'?

The Mock Turtle sings the song “Beautiful Soup.” In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the song appears near the end of the Mock Turtle’s conversation with Alice and the Gryphon, as he reflects on the pleasures of soup.

The lyrics are a comic parody of “Star of the Evening, Beautiful Star,” a sentimental Victorian song reportedly sung by the Liddell children for Lewis Carroll. Carroll transforms the original praise of a star into exaggerated praise of soup, matching Wonderland’s habit of twisting familiar language and conventions into nonsense.

The Mock Turtle is a melancholy creature who claims to have once been a real turtle before being turned into mock turtle soup. His school memories include absurd subjects such as “Drawling,” “Stretching,” and “Fainting in Coils.” The song is therefore closely tied to his identity and his mock-soup wordplay.

A common mix-up is confusing “Beautiful Soup” with “Turtle Soup,” another song in the same episode. The Mock Turtle sings both, but the answer to this question is specifically the Mock Turtle.