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The Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up; They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised; -- It wasn't Disinfected and it wasn't Sterilized. They said it was a Microbe and a Hotbed of Disease; They steamed it in a vapor of a thousand-odd degrees; They froze it in a freezer that was cold as Banished Hope And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap. In sulphurated hydrogen they steeped its wiggly ears; They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard-boiled shears; They donned their rubber mittens and they took it by the hand And 'lected it a member of the Fumigated Band. There's not a Micrococcus in the garden where they play; They bathe in pure iodoform a dozen times a day; And each imbibes his rations from a Hygienic Cup -- The Bunny and the Baby and the Prophylactic Pup.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943), "Strictly Germ-Proof", appears in The Laughing Muse, first published 1915 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Strictly Germ-Proof", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Charles Sacco (1905 - 1987), "Strictly Germ‑Proof" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "A prova di germi", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 152
Un pupo profilattico e un antisettico bimbetto Giocavano nel giardino dove balzò un coniglietto; La creatura osservarono con sguardo sconcertato; non era infatti sterile, né disinfettato. Urlarono che era infetto e di contagio fonte; pertanto fu ben spruzzato con vapore bollente poi chiuso in un congelatore e assai raffreddato infine ben deterso con acido e permanganato. Immersero le sue mobili orecchie in idrogeno solforato; potarono i suoi baffetti con un rasoio ben bollito; indossati guanti di lattice lo presero nelle mani e lo elessero a membro del club degli "Sterilizzati Sani". Non c'era un solo microbo nel giardino lì intorno; pulito con iodoformio puro dodici volte al giorno; e ognuno si alimentava da un recipiente igienico -- coniglio, bimbo antisettico e pupo profilattico.
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- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 English by Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943), "Strictly Germ-Proof", appears in The Laughing Muse, first published 1915
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 122