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Meine Freundin hat eine schwarze Katze Mit weichem knisterndem Sammetfell, Und ich, ich hab' eine blitzblanke Glatze, Blitzblank und glatt und silberhell. Meine Freundin gehört zu den üppigen Frauen, Sie liegt auf dem Divan das ganze Jahr, Beschäftigt das Fell ihrer Katze zu krauen, Mein Gott ihr behagt halt das sammtweiche Haar. Und komm' ich am Abend die Freundin besuchen, So liegt die Mieze im Schoße bei ihr, Und nascht mit ihr von dem Honigkuchen Und schauert, wenn ich leise ihr Haar berühr. Und will ich mal zärtlich tun mit dem Schatze, Und daß sie mir auch einmal "Eitschi" macht, Dann stülp' ich die Katze auf meine Glatze, Dann streichelt die Freundin die Katze und lacht.
Authorship:
- by Hugo Salus (1866 - 1929) [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), "Der genügsame Liebhaber", 2009 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Der genügsame Liebhaber", 1901, from Brettl-Lieder, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Martha Elliott) , "The contented suitor", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amoureux facile à satisfaire", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Pilar Lirio
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 116
My girlfriend has a black cat With a softly rippling velvet hide, And I, I have a bald, shiny head Smooth and shiny and silvery bright My girlfriend is a voluptuous woman, She lies upon the couch all year long, Busily stoking the fur of her cat My god, she loves to touch that velvety fur. In the evening, when I come to visit, The kitty lies in her lap, And eats honeyed cookies with her And shudders when I gently ruffle its fur. So when I wish, one day, to be tender with my sweet, And so that she would cuddle with me, too -- I'll put the cat upon my bald pate. Then she'll pet the cat and laugh.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 by Michael P. Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Salus (1866 - 1929)
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 120