by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Translation by Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928)
O it's I that am the captain of a tidy...
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship Of a ship that goes a sailing on the pond. And my ship it keeps a turning all around and all about, But when I'm a little older I shall find the secret out How to send my vessel sailing on beyond. For I mean to grow as little as the dolly on the helm And the dolly I intend to come alive And with him beside to help me it's a sailing I shall go, It's a sailing on the water where the jolly breezes blow And the vessel goes a divie divie dive. O it's then you'll see me sailing through the rushes and the reeds And you'll hear the water singing at the prow. For beside the dolly sailor I'm to voyage and explore To land upon the island where no dolly was before And I'll fire the penny cannon on the bow!
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "My ship and I", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Mark Andrews (1875 - 1939), "My ship and I", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Nine songs from "A Child's Garden of Verse" [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Harvey Clements (b. 1910), "My ship and I", published 1937 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gladys Mary Cohen (1907 - 1996), "My ship and I", published 1956, under the name Guirne Javal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Crawford , "My ship and I", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethel Crowningshield , "My ship and I", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor (1858 - 1940?), "My ship and I", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Six songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "My ship and I", 1915, published 1917 [ medium voice and piano ], from Five Little Songs, no. 3, Éd. Heugel, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by J. Frederick Keel (1871 - 1954), "My ship and I", published 1953 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "The captain", 1902 [ voice or vocal quartet and piano ], from More daisies: new songs of childhood, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953), "My ship and I", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Five Children's Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Bolton O'Donoghue , "My ship and I", published 1928-30 [ unaccompanied voice ], in The Music Hour, Book 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "My ship and I", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Three Leaves from a Child's Garden, S. Acott, Harris & Co [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marvin Radnor , "My ship and I", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Griffen (Griffin?) Shepard (1848 - 1905), "My ship and I", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from A cycle of songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "My ship and me", op. 30 no. 9, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from A Child's Garland of Songs, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edith Swepstone (flourished 1887-1915), "My ship and I", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson's Songs for Children, no. 2, London : J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928) ; composed by Reynaldo Hahn.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Sylvain Labartette) , "Moi et mon bateau", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 158
Mon petit bateau
Language: French (Français) after the English
Moi je suis le capitaine d'un joli petit bateau, D'un bateau qui vogue aux souffles du bassin. Mon bateau sans cesse y tourne et vire au gré du vent ; Mais plus tard je veux trouver, par un système très savant, Un secret pour naviguer encor plus loin. Comme le marin de bois je me ferai petit, petit : Le marin bien sagement m'obéira. Tous les deux, vaillants garçons, en route pour les pays bleus : Mon navire, ouvrant sa voile toute grande au vent joyeux. Se balance et puis s'en va, s'en va, s'en va ... Allons, vogue, beau navire, au chant léger des flots amis, Et sans peur doublons le cap des grands roseaux ; Avec mon petit marin je veux aller à l'île d'or, A l'île merveilleuse où nul enfant n'aborde encor. Et planter au bout du monde mon drapeau.
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "My ship and I", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Mon petit bateau", 1915, published 1917 [ medium voice and piano ], from Five Little Songs, no. 3, Éd. Heugel, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-06-18
Line count: 15
Word count: 138