A little wine soup

Little Anne-Margrit!
What do you want, my darling?
"I do so love
Drinking sugared wine."

Two pounds of sugar,
One pound of butter,
Two measures of wine,
Those would be the right proportions.

Put it into a little kettle,
Stir it with a little spoon.
Little Anne-Margrit,
What kind of a soup is that?

"A wine-soup!" A wine soup!

Translation from German to English copyright © 2009 by Sharon Krebs (sharon (DOT) krebs (AT) shaw (DOT) ca), (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in German by Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff)

Date added to the website: 2009-10-13.

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Wine soup.  A nursery rhyme

Baby, don't fret you!
What shall nursey get you?
I want a soup fine
Made of sugar and wine.

Two pounds of sugar sweet,
One pound of butter neat,
Two quarts of wine,
Won't our soup taste fine!

Pour it in a kettle bright,
Stir it with a ladle light,
Baby, now tell me,
What soup is this, dear?

"That's a wine soup!" That's a wine soup!

Singable translation by John Bernhoff , "Wine soup. A nursery rhyme"

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Date added to the website: 2009-10-13.