About Aunt Antonia | Antonia, you dear one

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possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Von der Tante Antonie

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Antonie, du Liebe,
Wie bin ich dir so gut;
Und wenn ich bei dir bliebe
Dann wär' ich wohlgemuth.
Dann wollt' ich mit dir Kuckuck spielen,
Den ganzen Nachmittag,
Und Polka tanzen dass die Dielen
Laut krachten im Gemach.

Text Authorship:

possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858) [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 Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Von der Tante Antonie", op. 20 no. 14, published 1849, from Anleitungen zum Singen. Übungen und Liedchen für Kinder von drei bis sieben Jahren, no. 14, B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "About Aunt Antonia", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

About Aunt Antonia

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Antonia, you dear one,
How very fond I am of you;
And if I could stay with you
I would be very contented.
I would play peek-a-boo with you
All the afternoon,
And dance polkas so that the floorboards
Would resound loudly in the room.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 45