Aunty Jellyfish and the Elephant | Aunty Jellyfish swam to shore

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Tante Qualle und der Elefant

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Tante Qualle schwamm zum Strand.
Es liebte sie ein Elefant,
Mit Namen Hildebrand gennant.
Der wartete am Meeressstrand
Mit einem Sträuchen in der Hand.
Das übergab er ihr galant
Und bat um Tante Quallens Hand.
Da knüpften sie ein Eheband.
Der Doktotr Storch, der abseits stand,
Der dachte: "Armer  Hildebrand!"
Worauf er weiterging und lachte.
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Warum der Storch wohl so was dachte?

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, appears in Die Schnupftabacksdose - Stumpfsinn in Versen, first published 1912 [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):

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Tante Qualle und der Elefant", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Aunty Jellyfish and the Elephant", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 63

Aunty Jellyfish and the Elephant

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Aunty Jellyfish swam to shore.
She was in love with an elephant,
By the name of Hildebrand.
He waited there by the edge of sea
With a posy of flowers in his hand.
These he gave her gallantly
And bud for Aunty Jellyfish's hand.
Then she accepted a wedding ring.
The good Doctor Stork , who stood nearby,
Thought to himself: "Poor Hildebrand!"
Thereupon he went on his way laughing.
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But why did Stork think this?

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Aunty Jellyfish and the Elephant", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, appears in Die Schnupftabacksdose - Stumpfsinn in Versen, first published 1912
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 13
Word count: 76