Militia | Yesterday you behaved rather badly,"

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Miliz

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

"Sie haben sich gestern schrecklich betragen!"
Wollte das Putzleder zur Trommel sagen.
Aber die Trommel spannte schnell
Ihr dickes Fell
Und begann einen donnernden Wirbel zu schlagen,
Na -- und da blieb dem Putzleder vor Schrecken
Das Wort im Munde stecken.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), "Miliz", 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), "Miliz", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ringelnatz in dreiviertel Takt, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 7
Word count: 40

Militia

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

"Yesterday you behaved rather badly,"
The chamois planned to say to the drum.
But the drum tightened quickly
Its thick coat
And began beating a thundering drum roll
Yup - and in the chamois for fright
Remained, its opinion unspoken.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Militia", 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), "Miliz", 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: 7
Word count: 39