A song | Dumdee Dum/ Dum Deedum

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

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Wimmbamm Bumm

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  (Von einem Ohrenzeugen.)

Wimmbamm Bumm
Wimm Bammbumm
Wimm Bamm Bumm

Wimm Bammbumm
Wimm Bamm Bumm
Wimmbamm Bumm

Wimm Bamm Bumm
Wimmbamm Bumm
Wimm Bammbumm.

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Note: in Bachlund's Strumpfsinn Lieder, this poem is interleaved with "Es war ein Brikett, ein gro&szilg;es Genie"

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, "Ein Lied, das der berühmte Philosoph Haeckel am 3. Juli 1911 vormittags auf einer Gartenpromenade vor sich hinsang", appears in Die Schnupftabacksdose - Stumpfsinn in Versen, first published 1912 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein Lied", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ringelnatz in dreiviertel Takt, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein große Genie", 2006 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], from Strumpfsinn Lieder, no. 3

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

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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 10
Word count: 21

A song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)


Dumdee Dum
Dum Deedum
Dum Dee Dum

Dum Deedum
Dum Dee Dum
Dumdee Dum

Dum Dee Dum
Dumdee Dum
Dum Deedum.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "A song", 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, "Ein Lied, das der berühmte Philosoph Haeckel am 3. Juli 1911 vormittags auf einer Gartenpromenade vor sich hinsang", appears in Die Schnupftabacksdose - Stumpfsinn in Versen, first published 1912
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 9
Word count: 21