Lieben's Malt Flavored Cough Drops | A terrible cough there once was

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Liebens Malzbonbon

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es war einmal ein schlimmer Husten,
Der hörte gar nicht auf zu pusten.
Zwar kroch er hinter eine Hand,
Was jedermann manierlich fand.
Und doch hat ihn der Doktor Lieben
Mit Liebens Malzbonbon vertrieben.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), "Liebens Malzbonbon", 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), "Liebens Malzbonbon", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ringelnatz in dreiviertel Takt, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Lieben's Malt Flavored Cough Drops", 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: 6
Word count: 34

Lieben's Malt Flavored Cough Drops

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A terrible cough there once was
That simply did what coughing does.
It hid behind a held-up hand
Which was well-mannered, right and planned.
And for this cough Doctor Lieben's shops
Manufactured Lieben's malt flavored cough drops.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Lieben's Malt Flavored Cough Drops", 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), "Liebens Malzbonbon", 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: 6
Word count: 37