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Three Raptures

Song Cycle by Henk Badings (1907 - 1987)

Word count: 199

Original language: Drei Schwärmereien

1. das bißchen Wirklichkeit [sung text checked 1 time]

das bißchen Wirklichkeit
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Authorship

by Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk (1924 - 1994), as Lucebert, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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ENG English (Charles James Pearson) , "the little bit of reality", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1. the little bit of reality

the little bit of reality
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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Charles James Pearson

Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk (1924 - 1994), as Lucebert, copyright ©

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Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:39
Line count: 17
Word count: 112

Translation © by Charles James Pearson

2. the tobacco frames the lips with its ring finger [sung text checked 1 time]

the tobacco frames the lips with its ring finger
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by Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk (1924 - 1994), as Lucebert, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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3. der Tau läutet die Blumen ein [sung text checked 1 time]

der Tau läutet die Blumen ein
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by Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk (1924 - 1994), as Lucebert, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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ENG English (Charles James Pearson) , "the dew rings in the flowers", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. the dew rings in the flowers

the dew rings in the flowers
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Based on

This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:39
Line count: 15
Word count: 87