Kerstmis in de ochtend | Daar ging een varken uit graven

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) and by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961)

Translation © by Lidy van Noordenburg

There was a pig went out to dig

Language: English

Our translations: DUT

There was a pig went out to dig; 
Chrisimas Day, Chrisimas Day. 
There was pig went out to dig; 
Chrisimas Day in the morning. 

2. There was a cow went out to plow 

3. There was a doe went out to hoe
	
4. There was a drake went out to rake 

5. There was a sparrow went out to harrow 

6. There was a minnow went out to winnow

7. There was a sheep went out to reap 

8. There was a crow went out to sow 

9. There was a roe went out to mow

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From: "Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs", both tunes and words from tradition, collected in Lancashire by Marianne Harriet Mason (1845-1932). Arrangement + verses 3 and 9 added by: Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) © 1915 by Percy Grainger. Date of arrangement: set 10.5.1905, rescored and shortened 11.5.1910. Text Author: Traditional: verses 1-2, 4-8; 3 + 9 by Percy Aldridge Grainger.

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "There was a pig went out to dig", alternate title: "Chrisimas day in the morning" [ four-part chorus and piano ], arrangement [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , title 1: "Kerstmis in de ochtend", title 2: "Daar ging een varken uit graven", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 96

Daar ging een varken uit graven

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

Daar ging een varken uit graven;
Kerstdag, Kerstdag
Daar ging een varken uit graven
Kerstmis in de ochtend.

2.	Daar ging een koe uit ploegen

3.	Daar ging een hinde uit schoffelen

4.	Daar ging een draak uit harken

5.	Daar ging een mus uit eggen

6.	Daar ging een voorn uit dorsen

7.	Daar ging een schaap uit oogsten

8.	Daar ging een kraai uit zaaien

9.	Daar ging een ree uit maaien

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a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) and by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 74