Ring around the rosy | Ring around the rosy

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by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ringel Reihe Rosenkranz

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Ringel Reihe Rosenkranz, 
Wir fünf Stumpfnäschen geh'n zum Tanz!
Die erste ist die Moni,
Die zweite ist die Toni,
Die dritte ist die Ida,
Die vierte ist -- nun, die da!
Wer wird denn wohl die fünfte sein?
Gewiss mein liebes Gretelein!

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• E. Frank

E. Frank sets lines 1-8, 1-2

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Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 64.

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
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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), "Ringelreihe Rosenkranz", op. 14 no. 13, published 1881, lines 1-8,1-2 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, no. 13, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Ringel Reihe Rosenkranz", op. 154b (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 3 (1879) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ring around the rosy", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johan Van Aken

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Ring around the rosy

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ring around the rosy,
We five snub-nosed maidens are going to the dance!
The first is Moni,
The second is Toni,
The third is Ida,
The fourth is – well now, that one over there!
Who might the fifth one be?
Of course my dear little Gretel!

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (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 German (Deutsch) by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway
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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
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2024-09-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 48