There was once a boomerang

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Bumerang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

War einmal ein Bumerang;
War ein weniges zu lang.
Bumerang flog ein Stück,
Aber kam nicht mehr zurück.
Publikum - noch stundenlang -
Wartete auf Bumerang.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, "Bumerang" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Bumerang", 2009 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Steven Ebel , "Bumerang", 2012 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from Ringelnätze, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 24

There was once a boomerang

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

There was once a boomerang
That was a little too long.
The boomerang flew off
But it didn't come back.
The public, for hours,
Waited for that boomerang.

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Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, "Bumerang"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 28