Rhythm from the movie 10 Little Indians. The reverse side of the usual things. Counting "Ten Little Indians" in Russian translation

This song, although not folk, but written by Frank Green in the late 60s of the 19th century, also ended up in a collection of nursery rhymes. Shortly before its introduction, another song was published in England. It was written by American Septimus Winner and was called Ten little Injuns. Greene wrote an imitation of Winner's song and it quickly sold out in music halls and other similar places of entertainment. This song was enthusiastically sung by people of all ages from young to old at various events.

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.

Kight little nigger boys travelling 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 chance, 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 living all alone;
He got married, and then there were none.

In the translation of S. Marshak, which you probably know, this verse sounds like this:

Ten blacks bathed.
You can't play pranks in the river, after all!
But the stubborn brother was so naughty,
That there were nine brothers.

One day nine are black
Elk hunted.
The ninth brother fell on the horn,
And now there are eight of them.

Eight are walking black.
There was darkness in the forest
Missing little brother
And there were seven brothers.

The spectla seven is poor
There is a pie and the village.
The most greedy brother ate,
And there were six brothers.

Six brief brrites went
Learn the laws.
A eloquent brother entered the court,
And there were five brothers.

The five brothers are not unfortunately
Catching bees in the apartment,
The fifth brother was stung in the ear,
And there were four of them.

In the forest, four are quiet
The savages came.
The next brother was eaten
And there were three brothers.

Three blacks in the menagerie
We climbed into the lion's cage.
The third brother was torn to death,
And there were two brothers.

Two were drowned
On a rainy day, a fireplace.
One brother fell into the fire,
And one survived.

In an early version of this song, the last black man got married and had ten children with his wife.

Glossary for release:

ten- 10 - ten

little- small

nigger- Negro

boy (plural - boys)- boy (boys)

went- walk, travel

out- outside, outside

to dine- lunch

one- 1 - one

shocked- crushed, suffocated

his- his, his

little- small; A little

self- myself

and- And

then- Then

there- Here

were- became

nine- 9 - nine

sat up- sat

very- Very

late- late

overslept- overslept, overslept

himself- myself

eight- 8 - eight

traveling- travel

Devon- Devon, city name

said- said

he "d had to stay- he will stay

seven- 7 - seven

chopping up- chop

sticks- sticks

chopped- chopped

himself- by myself

in half- in half

six- 6 - six

playing- play

with- With

a hive- hive, swarm of bees

a bumble-bee- bumblebee

stung- stung

five- 5 - five

going in- applied

for law- to justice

got in chance- got into a hopeless situation, in a loop

four- 4 - four

going out- gone

to sea- to sea

a red herring- red herring

swallowed- swallowed

three- 3 - three

walking- stroll

in the Zoo- in zoo

a big bear- A big bear

hugged- tightly squeezed, here - crushed

two- 2 - two

sitting- is sitting

in the sun- in the sun

got frizzled up- fried; fried

living- lives, living

all alone- alone, alone

got married- married

none- none, none

Note: word meanings are given only for this context. See the dictionary for other meanings of the words.

The history of the famous counting song begins in the North American States in the 1860s. It was then that Septimus Winner, an author from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, North in the Civil War), wrote the song "10 Little Indians" (Ten Little Indians) based on folk humor.

After some time, as part of a cultural exchange, the song ended up in Victorian England and was accepted with a bang in the then theatrical shows of the light genre, but it had previously undergone some changes. Английский автор-песенник Фрэнк Грин адаптировал текст под потребности времени и места, переписав некоторые строки и поменяв индейцев на негритят (точнее негров - niggers). But this had to be changed not only because the Negroes, more than the Indians, are understandable to the European public. An important point was that then in the entertainment genres, techniques were popular in which actors grotesquely made up like blacks and performed their numbers in this form. This image chip existed for a long time and was later actively used in jazz - "white" music, passed off as "black", which can be seen on newsreels of the first half of the 20th century.

As a result, this English version by F. Green about "Ten Little Indians" became canonical literary, and in this form returned to America, where it was chicly published in 1890 in the form of a colorful children's book, becoming one of the brightest artifacts of the "Golden Age of Children's Literature". ".

In some ways, "Ten Little Indians" is the same North American classic as "The Wizard of Oz" or "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", but it is unlikely that in the current format of society, someone perceives it that way. It is much easier to see the "racist" background here than the lively humor and signs of its time. In fact, there is no racism there - people thought so then, they lived in such a world. In addition, slavery was abolished, the black population began to acquire rights. The prospects were excellent.

Powerful PR and fame from a new side for itself, the counting song about Negroes received after the release of the eponymous detective novel by Agatha Christie in 1939. However, when reprinting the book, for politically correct reasons, it changed its name several times to Ten Little Indians, And Then There Were None. In the 70s, the novel was sort of republished under the original title - "Ten Little Indians", but still in the English-language segment of world literature, it is better known as "Ten Little Indians". In our country, due to the absence of a problem with blacks and slavery, the book has always been published under its native name, and in 1987 a famous film was shot.

I accidentally discovered photos of the miracle book at an online auction. There was no cover, and, accordingly, there was no left part of the picture on the first spread. I don’t remember what text was used in A. Christie’s book and the film, and I don’t want to look for it, so I offer my free transcription with semantic reference to illustrations.

Ten blacks gathered to go.
One sold his bike - nine were left.

Nine blacks are at midnight.
One overslept the fun, those eight remained.

Eight are quiet for 10 miles.
One got stuck on the road, and seven arrived.

Seven blacks in the yard tried to chop wood.
One overdid it, and six of them remained.

Six blacks on the apiary with hives played.
One was bitten hard, and five fled.

Five are quiet in court with business.
One went to jail, and four hit the road.

Four Negro children went swimming in the sea.
One was eaten by a fish and there were three left.

Three are quiet in the menagerie loudly laughed.
One bear was captured, but two ran away.

The two blacks at noon in the sun were baked.
One went with a roof, the other was lucky.

The last not long loneliness got.
He married successfully. And there are no blacks left ...

In the end, I want to give an example of our Russian, urban folklore on the theme of ten are black. Restoring from childhood memory:

Ten blacks went to swim in the sea,
Ten blacks frolic in the open.
One of them drowned
They bought him a coffin.
And here is the result for you:

Nine blacks went to swim in the sea ...

None of the blacks are going to swim in the sea,
None of the Negroes do not frolic in the open.
But then one rose
They bought him a cross.
And here is the result for you:

One of the blacks is going to swim in the sea ...

And so, until all ten are resurrected, so that then they start to sink again ...
Such is metempsychosis, such is the cycle of Negroes in nature. Negro children don’t disappear with us “for nothing, for nothing”, they always come back ...

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Ten blacks went to dine,
One choked, there were nine left.

Nine are black, eating, pecking their nose,
One could not wake up, there were eight of them left.

Eight are quiet in Devon left later,
One did not return, seven of them remained.

Seven blacks were chopped together,
One killed himself - and there were six of them.

Six blacks went to the apiary for a walk,
One was stung by a bumblebee, there were five left.

Five blacksmanship was made,
They sentenced one, there are four of them.

Four blacks went swimming in the sea,
One fell for the bait, there were three of them left.

Three are quiet in the menagerie, they ended up
One was grabbed by a bear, and two remained.

Two blacks lay down in the sun,
One burned down - and here is one, unhappy, lonely.

The last negro looked tired,
He hanged himself, and there was no one left.

This counting rhyme translated by S.Ya. Marshak

Ten blacks bathed.
You can't play pranks in the river, after all!
But the stubborn brother was so naughty,
That there were nine brothers.

One day nine are black
Elk hunted.
The ninth brother fell on the horn,
And now there are eight of them.

Eight are walking black.
There was darkness in the forest
Missing little brother
And there were seven brothers.

The spectla seven is poor
Pie - and the village is.
The most greedy brother ate,
And there were six brothers.

Six brief brrites went
Learn the laws.
A eloquent brother entered the court,
And there were five brothers.

The five brothers are not unfortunately
Catching bees in the apartment,
The fifth brother was stung in the ear,
And there were four of them.

In the forest, four are quiet
The savages came.
The next brother was eaten
And there were three brothers.

Three blacks in the menagerie
We climbed into the lion's cage.
The third brother was torn to death,
And there were two brothers.

Two were drowned
On a rainy day, a fireplace.
One brother fell into the fire,
And one survived.

***
One day ten blacks sat down to dine.
One of them coughed - and there were nine of them.
One day, nine blacks fell asleep very late.
One of them never got up - and there were eight of them.
Then eight Negro children wandered around Devon.
One remained there completely - and now there are seven of them.
All seven cheerful blacks were bought on a cane.
One waved - an awkward gesture - and there were six of them.
Now the six are quiet for the apiary.
But one was stung by a bumblebee - and five remained.
The five most strict Negro children administered a harsh judgment.
They sentenced one - and there were four of them.
And then the four blacks went to splash at the sea.
Caught on the hook alone - and there were three of them left.
Three people came to the zoo, the bear was walking in the wild.
He slammed one with his paw - there were two of them left.
Two blacks in the trail in the sun lay.
Suddenly a shot rang out - and one was gone.
And here is one, all alone. The heart sank with melancholy.
He also hanged himself. And there was no one.

In the end, I want to give an example of our Russian, urban folklore on the theme of ten are black. Restoring from childhood memory:

Ten blacks went to swim in the sea,
Ten blacks frolic in the open.
One of them drowned
They bought him a coffin.
And here is the result for you:

Nine blacks went to swim in the sea ...

None of the blacks are going to swim in the sea,
None of the Negroes do not frolic in the open.
But then one rose
They bought him a cross.
And here is the result for you:

One of the blacks is going to swim in the sea ...

"Ten Little Indians"- detective novel by English writer Agatha Christie

"Ten Little Indians" summary

Ten complete strangers (except for one married couple) come to Negro Island at the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Oneim (Alec Norman Oneim and Anna Nancy Oneim). There are no names on the island. In the living room there is a tray with ten porcelain blacks, and in the room each of the guests is a children's hacks, reminiscent of “ten green bottles”:

"Ten Little Indians"

(classical translation by Bespalova L. G.)

Ten blacks went to dine,
One choked, there were nine left.

Nine are black, eating, pecking their nose,
One could not wake up, there were eight of them left.

Eight are quiet in Devon left later,
One did not return, seven of them remained.

Seven blacks were chopped together,
One killed himself - and there were six of them.

Six blacks went to the apiary for a walk,
One was stung by a bumblebee, there were five left.

Five blacksmanship was made,
They sentenced one, there are four of them.

Four blacks went to swim in the sea,
One fell for the bait, there were three of them left.

Three are quiet in the menagerie, they ended up
One was grabbed by a bear, and two remained.

Two blacks lay down in the sun,
One burned down - and here is one, unhappy, lonely.

The last Negro looked tired,
He hanged himself, and there was no one left.

When the guests gather in the living room, the butler Rogers, on the written order of Onim left to him, turns on the gramophone. The guests hear a voice that accuses them of the murders they have committed.

-Edward Armstrong- Doctor from Harley Street, operated on an elderly woman, Mary Elizabeth Kliis, while drunk, as a result of which she died. He was invited to work as a doctor for a solid fee. - Emily Brent- an elderly woman, kicked out of the house a young servant, Beatrice Taylor, after learning that she became pregnant out of wedlock; the girl drowned. I received an invitation written in illegible handwriting, I assumed that it was from an old friend. - Vera Claythorne was the nanny of Cyril Hamilton, who stood in the way of her lover Hugo to the inheritance. While swimming, Vera allowed the boy to swim behind the rock - as a result, he fell into the current and drowned. Came to the island at the suggestion of Mrs. Oneim to become her secretary. - Police officer William Henry Blore gave false testimony in court, which led to the imprisonment of the innocent Landor in hard labor, where he died a year later. He was a scoundrel and always confident in his abilities. - John Gordon MacArthur- an old general, during the war he sent to certain death a subordinate, the lover of his wife Arthur Richmond. Received an invitation to the island from old army comrades. - Philip Lombard abandoned 20 people, the natives of the East African tribe in the veld, having stolen all the provisions, left them to certain death. Came to the island at the suggestion of Isaac Morris - Thomas and Ethel Rogers, serving with Miss Brady, an elderly sick woman, did not give her medicine in time; she died leaving the Rogers a small inheritance. Together with his wife, he was hired by Mr. Oneim. - Anthony Marston- a young guy, crushed two children, John and Lucy Combs, in a car. Was invited by a friend. - Lawrence John Wargrave Judge sentenced Edward Simon to death.

The boat that brought the guests does not return, a storm begins and the guests get stuck on the island. They begin to die one by one, in accordance with the children's rhyme about Negroes, whose figurines disappear with each death.

Marston dies first - potassium cyanide was found in a glass of whiskey. Rogers notes that one of the porcelain is black.

The next morning, Mrs. Rogers dies, a lethal dose of sleeping pills was mixed into her glass. The judge declares that Onim is most likely a dangerous maniac and a murderer. The men search the island and the house, but find no one. MacArthur is found dead. Wargrave states that the killer is among the guests, as there is no one else on the island. No one had an alibi for the period of the general's death.

In the morning, the butler Rogers is found hacked to death. That same morning, Emily Brent dies from an injection of potassium cyanide. Miss Brent was injected with Dr. Armstrong's syringe. At the same time, Lombard's revolver, which he brought with him, disappears.

Vera goes up to her room, a minute later the others hear her screams. The men rush to Vera's room and find that she has passed out because she touched seaweed hanging from the ceiling in the dark. Returning to the hall, they find the judge shot to death, wearing a red robe and wig. The pawnbroker finds a revolver in his drawer.

Dr. Armstrong disappears that night. Now the rest are sure that the doctor is the killer. In the morning they leave the house and stay on the rock. Blore returns to the house for food, Vera and Lombard hear a strange rumble. They find Blore dead - a bear-shaped marble clock has been dropped on his head. They then find Armstrong's body washed ashore by the tide.

Only Vera and Lombard remain. Vera decides Lombard is the killer. She gets his revolver and kills Philip. Vera returns to the house, confident that she is safe, goes into her room and sees a noose and a chair. In deep shock from what she experienced and saw, she rises to a chair and hangs herself.

Epilogue

Arriving on the island, the police finds 10 corpses. Inspector Maine and Sir Thomas Lagg from Scotland Yard try to reconstruct the chronology of events and unravel the mystery of the murders on the Negro island, in the end they come to a standstill. They build versions regarding the last killed:

Armstrong exterminated everyone, after which he threw himself into the sea, his body was washed ashore by the tide. However, subsequent tides were lower and it was determined that the body was in the water for 12 hours.
Philip Lombard brought the clock down on Blore's head, forced Vera to hang herself, returned to the beach (where his body was found) and shot himself. However, the revolver lay in front of the judge's room.
William Blore shot Lombard and forced Vera to hang herself, after which he brought down the clock on his head. But no one chose this method of suicide and the police know that Blore was a scoundrel, he had no desire for justice.
Vera Claythorne shot Lombard, threw a marble watch on Blore's head, and then hanged herself. But someone picked up the chair she had overturned and placed it against the wall.

Confession of a killer

The fishermen find the bottle with the letter and take it to Scotland Yard. The author of the letter is Judge Wargrave. Even in his youth, he dreamed of murder, but he was hampered by the desire for justice, which is why he became a lawyer. Being terminally ill, he decided to satisfy his passion and selected ten people who committed murders, but for some reason escaped punishment. The tenth was the criminal Isaac Morris, through whom Wargrave acquired the island. Before going to the island, the judge poisoned Morris. While on the island, he exterminated the others. After killing Miss Brent, he conspired with Armstrong, claiming he suspected Lombard. Armstrong helped the judge stage his death, after which the killer lured him onto a rock at night and threw him into the sea. Convinced that Vera had hanged herself, Wargrave went up to his room and shot himself, tying the revolver to the door with a rubber band and to the glasses that he put under him. After the shot, the rubber band got loose from the door and hung on the shackle of the glasses, the revolver fell at the threshold.

A terrible count of ten blacks. This rhyme appeared in the detective novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, which is called “Ten Little Indians”. According to the plot of the novel, a counting rhyme hung in every room in the hotel with the heroes of the novel.