Oh, ces vieilles femmes (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Aa desse gamle kjærringar

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Aa desse gamle kjærringar,
di har saa mye aa røre 'ti.
Di kan spaa i kaffegrut aa potetskinn, 
aa røre oska mæ pipestubben sin.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Aa desse gamle kjærringar", op. 43, Heft 2 no. 5 (1896-7), published 1897 [voice and piano], from Tyve folke- og skjæmteviser, no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Kari Tauring) , "Oh these old elder women", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Kari Tauring

This text was added to the website: 2013-11-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 24

Oh, ces vieilles femmes

Language: French (Français) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Oh, ces vieilles femmes,
Elles ont tant de choses à remuer,
Elles peuvent prophétiser avec du marc de café, des peaux de pommes de terre,
En remuant les cendres de leurs pipes.

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a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

This text was added to the website: 2015-03-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 32