by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)
Three little girls were sitting on a...
Language: English
Three little girls were sitting on a rail, Sitting on a rail, Sitting on a rail; Three little girls were sitting on a rail, On a fine hot day in September. What did they talk about that fine day, That fine day, That fine day? What did they talk about that fine day,— That fine hot day in September? The crows and the corn they talked about, Talked about, Talked about; But nobody knows what was said by the crows, On that fine hot day in September.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children by Kate Greenaway, London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., page 55.
Authorship:
- by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, London, first published 1879 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) ; composed by Ernst Frank, Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-30
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Word count: 87
Drei süße, kleine Dirnen saßen auf dem...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Drei süße, kleine Dirnen saßen auf dem Zaun an einem schönen Tag im September. Wovon sprachen die süßen, kleinen Dirn' an dem schönen Tag im September? Sie sprachen von Beeren und Kornblumen blau, sie wussten es selber nicht mehr genau, so schön war der Tag im September.
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Authorship:
- by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, London, first published 1879
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Drei süße kleine Dirnen sassen auf dem Zaun", op. 14 no. 10, published 1881 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, no. 10, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Der wunderschöne Tag im September", op. 154b (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 2 (1879) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
Line count: 7
Word count: 47