by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)
Little wind, blow on the hill‑top
Language: English
Little wind, blow on the hill-top, Little wind, blow down the plain; Little wind, blow up the sunshine, Little wind, blow off the rain.
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Confirmed with Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children by Kate Greenaway, London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., page 19.
Authorship:
- by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879 [author's text checked 1 time 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) ; composed by Ernst Frank.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 24
Weh', Windchen, weh'
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Weh', Windchen, weh' über Berg' und über Tal! Weh' die Wolken vom Himmel, dass die Sonne uns strahl'! Komm, Schäfchen, komm, folg' nur immer meiner Hand! Sollst ein Kränzlein haben und von Seide ein Band.
Authorship:
- by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Weh', Windchen, weh'", op. 16 no. 3, published 1882 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Fünf Duette aus "Am Fenster" in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 35