by
Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954) and by
Harmony Twitchell (1876 - 1969)
Two little flowers (and dedicated to them)
Language: English
Available translation(s): SPA
On sunny days in our backyard,
two little flowers are seen,
One dressed, at times, in brightest pink
and one in green.
The marigold is radiant,
the rose passing fair;
The violet is ever dear,
the orchid, ever rare;
There's lovliness1 in wild flow'rs
of field or wide savannah,
But fairest, rarest of them all
are Edith and Susanna.
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1 note: this is the spelling used in
129 Songs By Charles Edward
Ives, edited by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock, 2004.
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- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Dos pequeñas flores", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
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Dos pequeñas flores
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the English
En los días soleados se ven
en nuestro jardín dos pequeñas flores.
Una vestida, a veces, de rosa intenso
y la otra de verde.
La caléndula está radiante,
la rosa, muy bella;
la violeta es siempre adorable,
la orquídea, siempre exótica;
son bellas las flores silvestres
del campo o de la extensa sabana,
pero las más bellas, las más exóticas de todas
son Edith y Susanna.
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 67