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So fand ich gestern Nachmittag In einer Retirade Ein Stückchen Schokolade, Das in der Abflußrinne lag. Zwar leb ich von der Hand in Mund Und bin durchaus nicht kein Baron, Doch hab ichs liegen lassen und Verzichte auf den Finderlohn.
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- by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, appears in Geheimes Kinder-Spiel-Buch [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "So fand ich gestern Nachmittag", 2011 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 40
Yesterday afternoon I found While going to the loo A little piece of chocolate In the pissing trough, askew. It's true I live hand to mouth And no baronial rank have I, But still I left it lying there; To such a reward I still say goodbye.
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Rhymed paraphrase.Authorship
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, appears in Geheimes Kinder-Spiel-Buch
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-01-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 47