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[Blondköpfchen]1 rechts – Schwarzköpfchen2 links - Wen nun zuerst soll ich küssen? Weiß nicht, wer süßer, wer reizender ist - Will es auch gar nicht wissen. Wenn dich mit ihrem wonnigen Duft Rose und Lilie entzücken - Fragst du wohl lang, wer die schön're sei? Beide wirst du sie pflücken! [Blondköpfchen]1 rechts – Schwarzköpfchen2 links - Wen nun zuerst soll ich küssen? Weiß nicht, wer süßer, wer reizender ist - Will es auch gar nicht wissen!
Confirmed with Fliegende Blätter, 100. Band (1894), Nro. 2540, page 134
1 Bock: "Blond Köpfchen"2 Bock: "Schwarz Köpfchen"
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Bötticher (1849 - 1918), "Vagantenliedchen" [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 Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "Vagantenliedchen", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fritz Schuberth Jr. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Gustav) Adolf Brandt (1838 - 1919), "Vagantenliedchen", op. 10 (Drei vierstimmige Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1896 [ four-part men's chorus ], Magdeburg, Wernthal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Vagantenliedchen", published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dieckmann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of a tramp", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 75
A little blonde on the right - a little brunette on the left - Now whom shall I kiss first? I do not know which is sweeter, more entrancing - I don’t even want to know. When with their blissful scents Rose and lily enrapture you - Do you stand and ponder which of them is more beautiful? You pick both of them! A little blonde on the right - a little brunette on the left - Now whom shall I kiss first? I do not know which is sweeter, more entrancing - I don’t even want to know.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Bötticher (1849 - 1918), "Vagantenliedchen"
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 92