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by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Guten Tag, guten Tag, Frau Gevatterin

(Sung text for setting by E. Frank)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Guten Tag, guten Tag, Frau Gevatterin!
Schönen Dank, gehorsame Dienerin!
Was ist das Wetter doch wunderschön!
Da kriegt man ja Lust zum Spazierengeh'n!
Wenn nur der Staub auf der Straße nicht wär',
Der inkommodiert doch wirklich zu sehr!

Guten Tag, guten Tag, Frau Gevatterin!
Schönen Dank, gehorsame Dienerin!
Was plagt man doch mit den Mägden sich!
Ach Gott, das ist wirklich ganz fürchterlich!
Ach, das war sonst doch viel bessere Zeit,
Jetzt sind gar zu schlecht doch wirklich die Leut'!

Composition:

Ernst Frank

16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway

Text Authorship:

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
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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Good day, good day, honoured friend", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 42

Good day, good day, honoured friend

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Frank)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Good day, good day, honoured friend!
Many thanks, I am your obedient servant!
The weather is truly beautiful!
One can quite fancy going for a walk,
If only there were not such dust on the street,
That is truly too bothersome!

Good day, good day, honoured friend!
Many thanks, I am your obedient servant!
What trouble one has with the maids!
Ah, God, that is truly quite horrible!
Ah, times used to be much better,
Now people have truly become too bad!

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 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 Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway
- Go to the text page.

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
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2024-09-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 42