by P. Rooney
Translation by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954)
The Side Show
Language: English  after the English
Available translation(s): SPA
"Is that Mister Riley, who keeps the hotel?" is the tune that accomp'nies the trotting-track bell; An old horse unsound, turns the merry-go-round, making poor Mister Riley look a bit like a Russian dance, some speak of so highly, as they do of Riley!
Authorship:
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954) [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by P. Rooney [text unavailable]
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), "The Side Show", 2006 [medium voice or high voice and piano], from The Circus Band and Other Delights, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The Side Show", 1921 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "El puesto de la feria", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 44