«My sweet black midget gave me many pleasures / And was so good in worshipping my feet, / I trusted him my gold and other treasures / To keep them in my gilded chest so neat. But day has come, and he began to grow / And grew so big that broke my lady nest. / I kissed his feet, but all I he...»
«Meine Sonne, du wirst mich / ja doch nicht wärmen, / du brennst zu schwach, / ich möchte es heißer! Mein Herz, du wirst mich / ja doch nicht hören, / du schlägst zu laut, / ich rufe zu schüchtern! Mein Glück, du wirsi mich / ja doch nicht trösten, / du lugst zu sanft, / i...»
«When partners can't agree / Their dealings come to naught / And trouble is their labor's only fruit. Once Crawfish, Swan and Pike / Set out to pull a loaded cart, / And all together settled in the traces; / They pulled with all their might, but still the cart refused to budge! / The loa...»
«A Rascal-Monkey / Donkey / Billy Goat / And klunky Bear / Set out to play a string Quartet. / They found some scores, viola, bass, two violins / And sat down in a lea beneath a linden tree / To charm the world with art. / They struck their strings, and sawed with all their heart. / ...»