Rosenringel

Roter Ringelrosenbusch hat mein Hemd zerrissen,
weißes Schnabelgänslein hat mich in's Bein gebissen.
Der Busch darf nicht mehr Rosen tragen,
weißes Gänslein werd' ich schlagen,
roter Ringelrosenbusch, Husch, husch!

Translation(s): ENG ENG

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Submitted by Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Elsa Bernstein (1866 - 1949), as Ernst Rosmer, appears in Königskinder [ author's text not yet checked 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)

• by Gary Bachlund , "Rosenringel", 2011 [medium voice and piano], from Zwölf Kinder-lieder für Erwachsene, no. 1. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921), "Rosenringel", 1895, from Vier Kinderlieder [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , title 1: "Rose ringlets", 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , title 1: "Ring of roses", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2008-03-11.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:31
Line count: 5
Word count: 29

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Ring of roses

Red rambling rose bush has torn my shirt,
white little goose with the beak has bitten me on the leg.
The bush can no longer bear roses,
I am going to kill the white goose,
red rambling rose bush, shoo, shoo.

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Malcolm Wren, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
  
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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Elsa Bernstein (1866 - 1949), as Ernst Rosmer, appears in Königskinder
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Gary Bachlund, Engelbert Humperdinck. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2008-03-11.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:38
Line count: 5
Word count: 41