Am a bad boy, bad boy, Everyones' got me by the neck Am a bad boy, bad boy, Everyone's cussing me. Only booze and badness Are with me all the time I beat my woman and my little girl too. Beat them this way and that Girl, woman, woman, girl.
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Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Bad boy" [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hermann Kaeser-Kesser (1880 - 1952) ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 50
Bin ein übler, übler Bursche, Jeder hat mich auf dem Strich! Bin ein Bursche, übel, übel, Jeder schimpft auf mich! Nur der Schnapps und die Schlechtigkeit Sind bei mir alle Zeit Hau' mein Weib durch Und das kleine Mädel Schlag hin, svhalg her, Schlag darauf, Mädel, Frau, Frau, Mädel!
Authorship:
- by Hermann Kaeser-Kesser (1880 - 1952) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Bad boy"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Übler Bursche", op. 20 no. 4 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and orchestra], from Symphonische Gesänge, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Anne Ozorio
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 49