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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Translation © by Paolo Montanari
The Lamplighter
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street. Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea, And my papa's a banker and as rich as he can be; But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I'm to do, O Leerie, I'll go round at night and light the lamps with you! For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door, And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more; And O! before you hurry by with ladder and with light, O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The Lamplighter", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Ethel Crowningshield , "The Lamplighter", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry John Edwards (1854 - 1933), "The Lamplighter", published 1913 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sven Lekberg (1899 - 1984), "The Lamplighter", published 1959 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953), "The Lamplighter", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Five Children's Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "The Lamplighter", op. 5 no. 2, published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Four Child Songs, no. 2, Chappell [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Lamplighter", op. 98 (1946) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "The Lamplighter", published <<1967 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Griffen (Griffin?) Shepard (1848 - 1905), "The Lamplighter", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from A cycle of songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eleanor Smith , "The Lamplighter", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Song Pictures [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ronald Stevenson (b. 1928), "The Lamplighter", 1961 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Brown Russell Whitfield , "The Lamplighter", published 1958 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931 - 2003), "The Lamplighter", published 1968 [ high voice and piano ], from From a child's garden, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mabel Nightingale Woodward (1876 - 1911), "The Lamplighter", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Songs, no. 3, Birmingham : Press of the Birmingham Printers [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il lampionaio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 139
Il lampionaio
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Il tè è quasi pronto e il sole è tramontato, è ora di andare alla finestra per veder passare Leerie, perché ogni sera prima che tu ti sieda per il tè, con la scala e la lanterna viene ad accendere la strada. Tom vuol fare il pilota e Maria andare per mare e il mio papà è un banchiere e ricco che più non si può, ma io, quando sarò più grande e potrò scegliere che cosa fare, Leerie, andrò in giro di notte ad accendere i lampioni con te Noi siamo molto fortunati, con un lampione davanti la porta e Leerie si ferma ad accenderlo come fa con tanti altri, e, oh!, prima di scappare via con la scala e la lanterna Leerie, nota un bambino e fagli l'occhietto stasera!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Paolo Montanari, (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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Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The Lamplighter", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 131