Siguiendo con el tema de Agatha Christie y sus referencias a las canciones o rimas infantiles tenemos a: Ten Little Niggers (Diez negritos) que aparece en la novela del mismo título, pero que después ha sido convenientemente cambiado por razones de corrección política.
1939__N26_And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians(US), Ten Little Niggers (UK) = Diez negritos
Ten little nigger boys
went out to dine;
One choked his little self, and then there were nine. Nine little nigger boys sat up very late; One overslept himself, and then there were eight. Eight little nigger boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there, and then there were seven. Seven little nigger boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half, and then there were six. Six little nigger boys playing with a hive; A bumble-bee stung one, and then there were five. Five little nigger boys going in for law; One got in chancery, and then there were four. Four little nigger boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one, and then there were three. Three little nigger boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one, and then there were two. Two little nigger boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up, and then there was one. One little nigger boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were None. (One little nigger boys living all alone; He got married, and then there were none.) in the nursery rhyme's original version |
Diez negritos se fueron a cenar;
uno se asfixió y quedaron nueve.
Nueve negritos estuvieron despiertos hasta muy tarde;
uno se quedó dormido y entonces quedaron ocho.
Ocho negritos viajaron por Devon;
uno dijo que se quedaría allí y quedaron siete.
Siete negritos cortaron leña;
uno se cortó en dos y quedaron seis.
Seis negritos jugaron con una colmena;
una abeja picó a uno de ellos y quedaron cinco.
Cinco negritos estudiaron Derecho;
uno se hizo magistrado y quedaron cuatro.
Cuatro negritos fueron al mar;
un arenque rojo se tragó a uno y quedaron tres.
Tres negritos pasearon por el zoo;
un gran oso atacó a uno y quedaron dos.
Dos negritos se sentaron al sol;
uno de ellos se tostó y sólo quedó uno.
Un negrito quedó sólo;
se ahorcó y no quedó... ¡ninguno! |
tipo : canción
origen USA (?) c. 1828
tradicional para niños
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