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Erst kommt die braune Ursula, [Dann]1 die blonde Marie, Dann kommt das schwarze Bärbelchen, Am langsamsten ist die! Sie gehen hintereinander Sehr feierlich und froh, Weil ihnen geschenkt die Mutter Drei neue Hüte von Stroh! Wenn nur die bösen Buben Nicht schrien frech und laut: "Da gehen drei Strohmädelchen, Und eine davon ist Braut!"
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 41.
1 Frank: "Und dann"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), "Erst kommt die braune Ursula", op. 14 no. 5, published 1881 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, no. 5, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "First comes brown-haired Ursula", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
First comes brown-haired Ursula, Then blonde Marie, Then comes black-haired Barbara, She is the slowest one of them! They walk one behind the other Very solemnly and happily, Because their mother has given them Three new straw hats! If only those nasty boys Would not scream boldly and loudly: "There come three straw-maidens, And one of them is engaged!"
1 Frank: "And then"
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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: 2024-09-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 59