Paddatjies op skool

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Composer:Macfarlane, Ann (1949-), English
Lyricist:H de Vos (Probably Afrikaans – Poem most likely published in a collection in the 1930s – any other details unknown)
First Line:Onder by die waterpoel
Genre:2-part Song for Junior choir
Instruments:Soprano, Alto and piano
Submitter:Macfarlane, Ann
Email:annm (e-mail)
User Objects:Acciaccatura.ms
Originally composed 1988 for the Holy Cross Convent Junior Choir, George, South Africa – Revised and Notated using Noteworthy Composer
in 2018
Translation:
Little frogs at school
Down by the water pool
the little school is lovely and cool.
Fourteen frogs in a row
Each with chalk and slate.
Numbers, sums and dictation
Are given to them every day;
And then they learn another thing:
How to swim and jump.
As the sun begins to sink,
the last subject begins.
They must "kwik" and they must "kwaak",
Because they must make music.
So frogs must also learn
and must practise time and time again.
As they get older
They teach other frogs to "kwaak".