O ring the bells! O ring the bells! We bid you, sirs, good morning, Give thanks, we pray, -- our flowers are gay, And fair for your adorning. O ring the bells! O ring the bells! Good sirs, accept our greeting; Where we have been, the woods are green, So, hey! for our next meeting. Then ring the bells! then ring the bells! For this fair time of Maying; Our blooms we bring, and while we sing, O! hark to what we're saying. O ring the bells! O ring the bells! We'll sing a song with any; And may each year bring you good cheer, And each of us a penny.
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Confirmed with Kate Greenaway, Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, New York: George Routledge & Sons, [1880], pages 44-45.
Text Authorship:
- by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway ; composed by Ernst Frank.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2024-09-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 110
Wir ziehen mit Jubeln Und Singen hinaus, Wir ziehen schon früh In [den Wald]1 hinaus. In Wäldern und Feldern, Am lustigen Bach, Da gehen wir eifrig Den Blumen nach. Und sinket die Sonne, So geht es nach Haus', Beladen mit Kränzen Und blühendem Strauss. O kauft unsre Blumen Zu Fest und zu Tanz, Kauft Primeln und Veilchen, Maiglöckchen zum Kranz!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], pages 44-45.
1 Frank: "die Welt"Text Authorship:
- by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Wir ziehen mit Jubeln und Singen hinaus", op. 14 no. 1, published 1881 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "We head out with rejoicing and singing", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 61