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Musik: Roland Enders
Text: Richard Bellinghausen
Gesang: Claudia Theisen
In diesem Song geht es um eine Journalistin, die Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts unter männlichem Pseudonym Artikel für eine Zeitung schreibt. Das "Rennen von Rainhill", von dem sie berichtet, soll ihr Durchbruch werden. Es hat tatsächlich stattgefunden und wurde von der Liverpool and Manchester Eisenbahngesellschaft ausgetragen, um eine geeignete Lokomotive für die Strecke von Liverpool nach Manchester zu finden. Die junge Journalistin hofft, dass eines Tages Frauen unter ihrem eigenen Namen als Reportering arbeiten dürfen.
Text: Richard Bellinghausen
Gesang: Claudia Theisen
In diesem Song geht es um eine Journalistin, die Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts unter männlichem Pseudonym Artikel für eine Zeitung schreibt. Das "Rennen von Rainhill", von dem sie berichtet, soll ihr Durchbruch werden. Es hat tatsächlich stattgefunden und wurde von der Liverpool and Manchester Eisenbahngesellschaft ausgetragen, um eine geeignete Lokomotive für die Strecke von Liverpool nach Manchester zu finden. Die junge Journalistin hofft, dass eines Tages Frauen unter ihrem eigenen Namen als Reportering arbeiten dürfen.
I may never get to Fleet Street
But I'm good at telling tales
Write my columns in the attic
And submit them all by mail
No one of the staff has seen my face
While I sign 'John Henry Saville'
I was christened Emma Lynn
Love a fresh, inspiring story
That will get beneath your skin
So excited 'bout this railroad craze
The 'Liverpool and Manchester' will soon complete their railway track
A locomotive must be picked to get the travellers there and back
Especially the Stephensons are known as genius engineers
The competition still is tough. Let's find out what their peers do!
The 'Cycloped' is lacking steam: a belt is driven by a horse
The 'Sans Pareil' performs quite well until the engine cracks with force
Not fit to make 10 miles per hour, the 'Perseverance': obsolete
For problems with a boiler pipe the 'Novelty' may later face defeat
Must be 10 to 15.000
Who've assembled here to watch
Now the candidates still running
Clearly step it up a notch
Next three miles of track require full speed
Maybe thirty years from now
Papers will hire women, too
Then my daughter or my niece
Will share opinions just like you wait
and see!
Now approaching is the 'Rocket'
With a sharp triumphant sound
And completes the Rainhill Trials
Taking home 500 £
I can't wait to write this story down
The 'Cycloped' is lacking steam: a belt is driven by a horse
The 'Sans Pareil' performs quite well until the engine cracks with force
Not fit to make 10 miles per hour. The 'Perseverance' obsolete
For problems with a boiler pipe the 'Novelty' at last admits defeat
But I'm good at telling tales
Write my columns in the attic
And submit them all by mail
No one of the staff has seen my face
While I sign 'John Henry Saville'
I was christened Emma Lynn
Love a fresh, inspiring story
That will get beneath your skin
So excited 'bout this railroad craze
The 'Liverpool and Manchester' will soon complete their railway track
A locomotive must be picked to get the travellers there and back
Especially the Stephensons are known as genius engineers
The competition still is tough. Let's find out what their peers do!
The 'Cycloped' is lacking steam: a belt is driven by a horse
The 'Sans Pareil' performs quite well until the engine cracks with force
Not fit to make 10 miles per hour, the 'Perseverance': obsolete
For problems with a boiler pipe the 'Novelty' may later face defeat
Must be 10 to 15.000
Who've assembled here to watch
Now the candidates still running
Clearly step it up a notch
Next three miles of track require full speed
Maybe thirty years from now
Papers will hire women, too
Then my daughter or my niece
Will share opinions just like you wait
and see!
Now approaching is the 'Rocket'
With a sharp triumphant sound
And completes the Rainhill Trials
Taking home 500 £
I can't wait to write this story down
The 'Cycloped' is lacking steam: a belt is driven by a horse
The 'Sans Pareil' performs quite well until the engine cracks with force
Not fit to make 10 miles per hour. The 'Perseverance' obsolete
For problems with a boiler pipe the 'Novelty' at last admits defeat
