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Ringelringelrosenkranz, Ich tanz mit meiner Frau, Wir tanzen um den Rosenbusch, Klingklanggloribusch. Ich dreh mich wie ein Pfau. Zwar hab ich kein so schönes Rad, Doch bin ich sehr verliebt, Ich spring wie ein [Firlefink]1, [Dieweil]2 es gar kein lieber Ding Als wie die Meine gibt. Die Welt, die ist da draußen wo, Mag auf dem Kopfe sie stehn! Sie int'ressiert uns gar nicht sehr, Und wenn sie nicht vorhanden wär, Wird's auch noch weiter gehn: Ringelringelrosenkranz, Ich tanz mit meiner Frau, Wir tanzen um den Rosenbusch, Klingklanggloribusch. Ich dreh mich wie ein Pfau.
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View text without footnotes1 Zemlinsky: "Tirlefink"
2 Zemlinsky: "Derweil"
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Der lustige Ehemann", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder [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 Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, née Richardson (1870 - 1946), as Henry Handel Richardson, "Ringel-Ringel-Rosenkranz" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Ehetanzlied", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 (1901?) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Marriage dance"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le gai marié", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 97
Ring-around, ring-around the rose-wreath. I'm dancing with my wife. We're dancing around the rosebush, Ding, dong, glorious [rose]bush. I twirl about like a peacock. To be sure, I do not have such beautiful feathers, But I am very much in love. I skip like a little finch, Because there is no finer thing Than my wife. The world is somewhere out there. [For all we care], it could be standing on its head! It does not interest us at all, And if it did not exist, [Our dance] would go on just the same: Ring-around, ring-around the rose-wreath I'm dancing with my wife. We're dancing around the rosebush, Ding, dong, glorious [rose]bush, I twirl about like a peacock.
About the headline (FAQ)
Translated titles:"Der lustige Ehemann" = "The merry husband"
"Ehetanzlied" = "Marriage dance song"
"Ringel-Ringel-Rosenkranz" = "Ring-around, ring-around the rose-wreath"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Der lustige Ehemann", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 118