by Carl Ewald (1856 - 1908)
Translation Singable translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908)
Det var sig den lille Høne
Language: Danish (Dansk)
Our translations: FRE
Det var sig den lille Høne, hun gav i Gaarden Varsel, at førend Solen dalede, saa vilde hun gjøre Barsel, Alle løb de tilsammen og saa paa den Høne lille, men forend Solen dalede, saa lod hun et Vindæg trille.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Ewald (1856 - 1908), appears in Sulamiths have, first published 1898 [author's text not yet checked 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 Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Det var sig den lille Høne", op. 50 (Danske viser og sange (Dänische Weisen und Lieder)) no. 1, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908) , "'S war mal eine kleine Henne", first published 1899 ; composed by Christian Sinding.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Il y avait une petite poule", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 40
'S war mal eine kleine Henne
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)
'S war mal eine kleine Henne, Die sagt im Hof den Andern: Dass noch vor Sonnenuntergang Sie müsste in's Kindbett wandern. Alles lief nun zusammen Zur Henne der kleinen wallen, Doch noch vor Sonnenuntergang Sie liess ein Windei fallen.
From the Sinding score.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908), "'S war mal eine kleine Henne", first published 1899 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Carl Ewald (1856 - 1908), appears in Sulamiths have, first published 1898
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "'S war mal eine kleine Henne", op. 50 (Danske viser og sange (Dänische Weisen und Lieder)) no. 1, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 39