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Prinz Sisi und die Frau Mama, Die tranken ihren Kaffee, Und als klein Ännchen kam vorbei, Da sagten beide: O je! Prinz Sisi sprach zur Frau Mama: Welch' holde Creatur, Wo kommt sie her, wo geht sie hin Ach, wenn ich's wüsste nur! Die Frau Mama zu Sisi sprach: Es ist ein Menschenkind Mit Augen, Nase, Mund und Haar, Wie andre Menschen sind! Und ist dies Kind ein Menschenkind, So will ich sie zur Frau; Sie fehlt mir noch zu meinem Glück, Ich weiss es jetzt genau! Klein Ännchen sah die beiden an, Klein Ännchen sagt kein Wort, Sie schüttelt ihren Lockenkopf Und läuft dann eilends fort.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 59.
Text Authorship:
- by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway [author's text checked 1 time 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, 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), "Prinz Sisi und die Frau Mama ", op. 14 no. 7, published 1881 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, no. 7, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Prinz Sisi und die Frau Mama", op. 154b (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 6 (1879) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Prince Sisi and his Madam Mother", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
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Word count: 113
Prince Sisi and his Madam Mother, Were drinking their coffee, And when little Annie passed by They both said: Oh dear! Prince Sisi said to his Madam Mother: What a lovely creature, Where does she come from, where is she going Ah, if I only knew it! Madam Mother said to Sisi: It is a human child With eyes, nose, mouth and hair Like other people are! And if this child be a human child, Then I want her as my wife; She is what is still missing for my happiness, I now know it exactly! Little Annie looked at the two of them, Little Annie said not a word, She shook her head of curls And ran away hastily.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway
Based on:
- a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
This text was added to the website: 2024-09-16
Line count: 20
Word count: 123