The Side Show
Language: English after the English
"Is that Mister Riley,
who keeps the hotel?"
is the tune that accomp'nies
the trotting-track bell;
An old horse unsound,
turns the merry-go-round,
making poor Mister Riley
look a bit like a Russian dance,
some speak of so highly,
as they do of Riley!
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in English by P. Rooney [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "El puesto de la feria", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 44
El puesto de la feria
Language: Spanish (Español) after the English
"¿Es ese el señor Riley,
el que lleva el hotel?"
Es la melodía que acompaña
el trote de la campanilla;
un viejo caballo enfermo
hace girar el tiovivo,
haciendo que el pobre señor Riley
se parezca un poco a un baile ruso,
del que algunos hablan tan bien
¡como lo hacen de Riley!
Text Authorship:
Based on:
Based on:
- a text in English by P. Rooney [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-02
Line count: 10
Word count: 53
