by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Es war einmal ein Elefant
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es war einmal ein Elefant Der hatte keinen Verstand Drum schleppte er auf Befehl Zwanzig Baume statt zwei Und brach ein Bein dabei Ein Dummkopf, meiner Seel.
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Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Tierverse [a long poem split into stanzas], no. 10 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Paul Dessau (1894 - 1979), "Der Elefant", published 1968, from Tierverse [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 27