by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll
Queen Alice See original
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
Hush-a-by lady, in Alice's lap! Till the feast's ready, we've time for a nap: When the feast's over, we'll go to the ball -- Red Queen, and White Queen, and Alice, and all! To the Looking-Glass creatures it was Alice that said, "I've a sceptre in my hand, I've a crown on my head; Let the Looking-Glass creatures, whatever they be, Come and dine with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and me. Then fill up the glasses as quick as you can, And sprinkle the table with buttons and bran: Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea -- And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three! "O Looking-Glass creatures," quothe Alice, "draw near! 'Tis and honour to see me, a favour to hear: 'Tis a privilege high to have dinner and tea Along with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and me!" Then fill up the glasses with treacle and ink, Or anything else that is pleasant to drink: Mix sand with the cider, and wool with the wine -- And welcome Queen Alice with ninety-times-nine! Thirty-times-three and ninety-times-nine!
Note: this is a parody of "Bonny Dundee", a song from The Doom of Devorgoil by Sir Walter Scott
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Queen Alice", 1991, published 1996 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from "Alice" Songs, no. 9
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, appears in Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, London, Macmillan, chapter 9, first published 1871
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 174