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[Ringel Reihe]1 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,]2 die da! Wer wird denn wohl die fünfte sein? Gewiss mein liebes Gretelein!
E. Frank sets lines 1-8, 1-2
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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 64.
1 Frank: "Ringelreihe"2 Frank: "vierte, nun, ist"
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), "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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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 [Senior Associate Editor], Johan Van Aken
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
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,]1 that one over there! Who might the fifth one be? Of course my dear little Gretel!
1 Frank: "fourth, now, is"
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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: 2024-09-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 48