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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

Just then flew down a monstrous crow
As big as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.

First appeared in print in this form in Original Ditties for the Nursery, 1805. Later quoted by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass, and sometimes attributed to him.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, Mother Goose [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
sometimes misattributed to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll

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), "Tweedledum and Tweedledee", 1991, published 1996 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from "Alice" Songs, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Tweedledum and Tweedledee", op. 136 no. 2 (2014) [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Alice: Five Lewis Carroll Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Tweedledum et Tweedledee", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

Tweedledum et Tweedledee

Language: French (Français) after the English

Tweedledum et Tweedledee
Se mirent d'accord pour se battre ;
Car Tweedledum disait que Tweedledee
Avait abîmé son nouveau joli hochet.
Juste alors arriva en volant un monstrueux corbeau
Aussi gros qu'un tonneau de goudron,
Qui effraya tant les deux héros
Qu'ils oublièrent complètement leur querelles.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Mother Goose and misattributed to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 45