by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll
Translation by Henri Bué (1843 - 1929)
How doth the little crocodile
Language: English
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws!
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Note: a parody of Isaac Watt's Against Idleness and MischiefText Authorship:
- by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, no title, appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, Macmillan; chapter 2, first published 1865 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The Little Crocodile", 1991, published 1996 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from "Alice" Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The little crocodile", 1982 [ baritone and piano ], from Five Lewis Carroll Poems, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "How doth the little crocodile", op. 136 no. 3 (2014) [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Alice: Five Lewis Carroll Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dorothea Hofmann (b. 1961), "The little Crocodile", 2017 [ soprano, flute, cello ], from Wonderland-Songs. Three Little Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "How doth the little crocodile", published 1908 [ SATB quartet ], from Nonsense Songs: The Songs That Came Out Wrong, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicholas Maw (1935 - 2009), "How doth the little crocodile", published 1978 [ voice (or unison voices) and piano ], from Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes), no. 2, London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Henri Bué) , no title
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 40
Voyez comme le petit crocodile
Language: French (Français) after the English
Voyez comme le petit crocodile Sait faire briller sa queue En répandant l’eau du Nil Sur ses écailles d’or ! Comme gaiement il semble sourire, Comme il écarte bien ses griffes, Comme il accueille les petits poissons En ses ensorcelantes mâchoires !
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Text Authorship:
- by Henri Bué (1843 - 1929), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, no title, appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, Macmillan; chapter 2, first published 1865
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 40