sometimes misattributed to Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) and by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
The rat men accused me of not liking...
Language: English
Our translations: GER
The rat men accused me of not liking stench, of not liking garbage, of not liking their squeals, of not liking to eat dirt. For days they argued, considering the question from every angle, finally they condemned me. You don't like stench, you don't like garbage, You don't like our squeals; You don't like to eat dirt.
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Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962) [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "The rat men", from Die Hollywood-Elegien, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Nightmare", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 26 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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