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Titel - Nonsense madrigals: Flying Robert


Countertenor 1: David Hurley Countertenor 2: Nigel Short Tenor: Bob Chilcott Bariton 1: Bruce Russell Bariton 2: Philip Lawson Baß: Stephen Connolly



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When the rain comes tumbling down
In the country or the town,
All good little girls and boys
Stay at home and mind their toys.
Robert thought; "No, when it pours,
It's better out of doors." Rain it did,
And in a minute Bob was in it;
Here you see him, silly fellow,
Underneath his red umbrella!
     
What a wind! Oh! How it whistles
Through the trees and flowers and thistles!
Oh! It has caught his red umbrella!
Now look at him, silly fellow,
Up he flies to the skies!
No one heard his screams and cries!
Through the clouds the rude wind bore him,
And his hat flew on before him;
And the hat went up so high,
That it really touch'd the sky.
     
Soon they got to such a height,
They were nearly out of sight.
No one ever yet could tell
Where they stopp'd or where they fell.
Only this one thing is plain,
Bob was never seen again...

(All good little girls and boys
Stay at home and mind their toys...)

Übersetzung von "Der fliegende Robert" aus dem Buch "Der Struwwelpeter", veröffentlicht 1848




Ligeti-Edition 4 (1997)

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