Si tingués tants diners com jo podés gastar | Si tingués tants diners com jo podés gastar

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

If I'd as much money as I could spend

Language: English

Our translations: CAT

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If I'd as much money as I could spend,
I never would cry old chairs to mend;
Old chairs to mend, old chairs to mend;
I never would cry old chairs to mend.

If I'd as much money as I could tell,
I never would cry old clothes to sell;
Old clothes to sell, old clothes to sell;
I never would cry old clothes to sell.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Mother Goose [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "If I'd as much money as I could spend" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Si tingués tants diners com jo podés gastar", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 66

Si tingués tants diners com jo podés gastar

Language: Catalan (Català) after the English

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Si tingués tants diners com jo podés gastar
no ploraria mai per cadires velles per arreglar,
cadires velles per arreglar, cadires velles per arreglar;
no ploraria mai per cadires velles per arreglar.

Si tingués tants diners com jo pogués comptar,
no ploraria mai per vestits vells per vendre;
vestits vells per vendre, vestits vells per vendre;
no ploraria mai per vestits vells per vendre.

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a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Mother Goose
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 64