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Die Frauen gehen aussen vorbei, Die Männer innen herum. Es könnte auch sein, dass es umgekehrt sei, Dann wäre es genau so dumm.
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Authorship
- by Richard Hutter (flourished c1940), "Frauen-Song", written 1940 [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 Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Frauen Song (Women's Song)", 1940, first performed 1940 [medium voice(s), flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano], from the musical What a Life! - Music to the bilingual internment camp revue, Douglas, Isle of Man, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Hans Gál) , "Women's song", written 1940, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Eva Fox-Gal
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 23
The women walk along outside. The men inside must come. The other way round also could have been tried, And that would be just as dumb.
Authorship
- Singable translation by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Women's song", written 1940, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Hutter (flourished c1940), "Frauen-Song", written 1940
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 ]
Research team for this text: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Eva Fox-Gal
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 26