Prince Finikin and his mamma Sat sipping their bohea; "Good gracious!" said his Highness, "why, What girl is this I see? "Most certainly it cannot be A native of our town;" And he turned him round to his mamma, Who set her teacup down. But Dolly simply looked at them, She did not speak a word; "She has no voice!" said Finikin; "It's really quite absurd." Then Finikin's mamma observed, "Dear Prince, it seems to me, She looks as if she'd like to drink A cup of my bohea." So Finikin poured out her tea, And gave her currant-pie; Then Finikin said, "Dear mamma, What a kind Prince am I!"
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Confirmed with Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children by Kate Greenaway, London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., page 52.
Text Authorship:
- by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway ; composed by Ernst Frank, Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke.
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Prinz Sisi und die Frau Mama, Die tranken ihren Kaffee, Und als [klein Ännchen]1 kam vorbei, Da [sagten]2 beide: O je! Prinz Sisi sprach zur Frau Mama: Welch' holde Creatur, Wo kommt sie her, wo geht sie hin Ach, wenn ich's wüsste nur! Die Frau Mama zu Sisi sprach: [Es]3 ist ein Menschenkind Mit Augen, Nase, Mund und [Haar,]4 Wie andre Menschen sind! Und ist dies Kind ein Menschenkind, So will ich sie zur Frau; Sie fehlt mir noch zu meinem Glück, Ich weiss es jetzt genau! [Klein Ännchen]1 sah die beiden an, [Klein Ännchen]1 sagt kein Wort, Sie schüttelt ihren Lockenkopf Und läuft dann eilends fort.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 59.
1 Frank: "Klein-Ännchen"2 Frank: "riefen"
3 Frank: "Sie"
4 Frank: "Stirn"
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), "Prinz Sisi und die Frau Mama ", op. 14 no. 7, published 1881 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, no. 7, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Prinz Sisi und die Frau Mama", op. 154b (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 6 (1879) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Prince Sisi and his Madam Mother", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
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