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When good King Arthur ruled his land

Language: English

When good King Arthur ruled his land
  He was a goodly king;
He stole three pecks of barley meal
  To make a bag-pudding.

A bag-pudding the king did make,
  And stuff'd it well with plums;
And in it put great lumps of fat,
  As big as my two thumbs.

The king and queen did eat thereof,
  And noblemen beside;
And what they could not eat that night,
  The queen next morning fried.



Translation(s): GER

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

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Set in German, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown
    * by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824-1910) , "Der gute König Arthur", op. 135 (Zehn Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1875), published 1875 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [setting text verified]

Text added to the website: 2008-01-05.

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Der gute König Arthur

Language: German

Der König Arthur von Engelland,
der war ein guter Mann,
der stahl sich Eier, Mehl und Speck
und eine Kuchenpfann'.

Er machte sich ein Feuer an
und schlug die Ei'r in die Pfann',
und backte einen Kuchen dann
so schön man ihn backen kann.

Dann lud er sich Gesellschaft ein,
die hat gar toll gelärmt!
Und was von dem Kuchen übrig blieb,
ward Sonntags aufgewärmt.



Input by Michael Becker

Authorship

Based on

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

    * by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824-1910) , "Der gute König Arthur", op. 135 (Zehn Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1875), published 1875 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [setting text verified]

Text added to the website: 2008-01-05.