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Es war mal eine Wanze, Die ging, die ging auf's Ganze. Gab einen Duft, der nie verflog, Und sog und sog. Doch Musici, Die packten sie Und knackten sie. Und als die Wanze starb und stank, Ein Lobgesang zum Himmel drang.
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Authorship
- by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Es war mal eine Wanze", op. 66 no. 9 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 9. [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Il était une fois une punaise", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Matthias Fletzberger
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Il était une fois une punaise, Qui visait, visait tout. Elle donnait une odeur qui ne s'évanouissait pas, Et elle suçait, suçait. Mais les musiciens les attrapèrent Et les écrasèrent. Et comme les punaises moururent et empestèrent, Un hymne de louanges s'éleva jusqu'au ciel.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-03
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