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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Translation © by Paolo Montanari
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow
Language: English
Available translation(s): ITA
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanese, O! don't you wish that you were me? You have seen the scarlet trees And the lions over seas; You have eaten ostrich eggs, And turned the turtles off their legs. Such a life is very fine, But it's not so nice as mine: You must often, as you trod, Have wearied not to be abroad. You have curious things to eat, I am fed on proper meat; You must dwell beyond the foam, But I am safe and live at home. Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanese, O! don't you wish that you were me?
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Authorship
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Foreign children", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Mark Andrews (1875 - 1939), "Foreign children", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Nine songs from "A Child's Garden of Verse" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Crawford , "Foreign children", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Falk , "Foreign children", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from A Child's Garden of Verses [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antonio Giacometti (b. 1957), "Foreign children", 2005 [ baritone and piano ], from Seven Stevenson Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924), "Foreign children", published 1920 [ unaccompanied voice ], in The Progressive Music Series [sung text not yet checked]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Foreign children", published 1893 [ soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone or bass, piano ], from The daisy chain: twelve songs of childhood, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Morawetz (b. 1917), "Foreign children", 1985, from Souvenirs from Childhood, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Little Indian" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Foreign children", op. 5 no. 4, published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Four Child Songs, no. 4, Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marvin Radnor , "Foreign children", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "Foreign children", published 1963 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ruth McConn Spencer , "Foreign children", published 1933 [ unaccompanied voice ], in New Universal School Music Series: Rhythm Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Foreign children", op. 30 no. 8, published 1892 [ unison chorus and piano ], from A Child's Garland of Songs, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Wardale , "Foreign children", published 1958 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luigi Zaninelli (b. 1932), "Foreign children", published 1962 [ SSA chorus and instrumental ensemble or piano ], from The world is so full [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Bambini stranieri", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 114
Bambini stranieri
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Piccolo indiano, Sioux o Crow, piccolo eschimese congelato, piccolo turco o giapponese, oh!, non vorreste essere me? Avete visto gli alberi rossi e i leoni d'oltre mare; avete mangiato le uova di struzzo e rovesciato le tartarughe sul guscio. Una vita del genere è molto bella ma non è bella come la mia: mentre andavate in giro vi dovete essere annoiati spesso di stare all'estero. Avete delle cose curiose da mangiare, a me danno la carne come si deve, dovete abitare al di là del mare, io invece sto al sicuro e abito a casa. Piccolo indiano, Sioux o Crow, piccolo eschimese congelato, piccolo turco o giapponese, oh!, non vorreste essere me?
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- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Foreign children", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 112