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by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Was stehen die Leute

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Was stehen die Leute 
  Dort all' auf der Lauer?
Was sehen sie alle
  Wohl über die Mauer?

Es fährt ja der König 
  Mit der Königin vorbei,
In goldener Kutsche
  Mit [Vivat Geschrei.]¹

Sie tragen [Gold-Kronen]²
  Und Edelgestein;
Gelt, Hanne, du möchtest
  Wohl Königin sein!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Frank

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Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 34.

¹ Frank: "Vivatgeschrei!"
² Frank: " Goldkronen"

Text Authorship:

by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Was stehen die Leute dort all' auf der Lauer", op. 14 no. 6, published 1881 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 16 Duettinen aus 'Am Fenster' in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, no. 6, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "For what are those people over there all upon the watch?", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 46

For what are those people over there all upon the watch?

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

For what are those people
  All upon the watch over there?
What might they be seeing
  Over the wall?

The king is passing
  With the queen,
In a golden coach
  To cries of “long live the king”!

They are wearing golden crowns
  And precious jewels;
Hannah, you would quite like
  To be queen, wouldn't you?

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2024-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 55