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Schlaget den Reifen, Lustige Schaar! Lauft um die Wette Hurtig fürwahr! Wer ist gefallen? Helft ihm nur auf, Schnell wieder lachen, Weiter im Lauf!1
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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 42.
1 Frank adds:Immer geschwinder Geht's nun im Lauf, Fallt nicht, ihr Kinder, Passet nur auf! Reifen, nun eil' dich Ohn' Rast und Ruh', Nimmer verweil' dich, Sonst schlag' ich zu!
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), "Schlaget den Reifen", op. 16 no. 5, published 1882 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Fünf Duette aus "Am Fenster" in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Beat the hoop", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 25
Beat the hoop, Merry throng! Race each other Swiftly for sure! Who has fallen? Help him up again, Quickly laugh again, Onward in the race!1
1 Frank adds:
Ever more quickly The race is now going, Do not fall, children, Only take care! Hoop, now make haste Without rest or pause, Do not tarry Or I shall beat you!
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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: 26