About the numbers | One deedledum, two deedledum

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possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Von den Nummern

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Eins dideldum, zwei dideldum,
Drei vier fünf sechs dideldum,
Sieb'n dideldum, acht dideldum,
Neun dideldum, zehn dideldum,
Elf dideldum, zwölf didel didel
Didel dideldum, zwölf dideldum,
Elf dideldum, zehn dideldum,
Neun dideldum, acht dideldum,
Sieb'n sechs fünf vier dideldum
Drei dideldum, zwei dideldum,
Eins didel dideldum.

Text Authorship:

possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858) [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 Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Von den Nummern", op. 20 no. 24, published 1849, from Anleitungen zum Singen. Übungen und Liedchen für Kinder von drei bis sieben Jahren, no. 24, B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "About the numbers", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-21
Line count: 11
Word count: 46

About the numbers

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

One deedledum, two deedledum,
Three four five six deedledum,
Sev'n deedledum, eight deedledum,
Nine deedledum, ten deedledum,
Eleven deedledum, twelve deedle deedle,
Deedle deedledum, twelve deedledum,
Eleven deedledum, ten deedledum,
Nine deedledum, eight deedledum,
Sev'n six five four deedledum,
Three deedledum, two deedledum,
One deedle deedledum.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 46