Talk:Ten Little Indians

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[edit] Parody

From Shakespeare's Mother Goose for Julius Caesar:

X Roman soldiers in a battle line
One tripped on his spear, and then there were nine.
IX Roman soldiers staying up late
One drifted off to sleep, and then there were eight.
VIII Roman soldiers wished they were in heaven;
The augurs damned one, then there were seven.
VII Roman soldiers playing strategic tricks;
A catapult shot one, and then there were six.
VI Roman soldiers, well fed and alive
Till one ate poisoned food, and then there were five.
V Roman soldiers battering on a door;
One was crushed beneath the ram, and then there were four.
IV Roman soldiers stepping out so free,
One was slung up in a net, and then there were three.
III Roman soldiers to their Legion true,
One absconded with the Flag, and then there were two.
II Roman soldiers crossed the Rubicon,
One drowned in the stream, and then there was one.
I Roman soldier living all alone:
He broke his heart when Caesar died, and then there were none.

moved from article. It doesn't belong there. Perhaps it should be transwikied to wikisource? Sbacle 19:18, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ten Little Niggers

In the article about Septimus Winner it is said that the original song was called Ten Little Niggers. Should we not use the original text and name? --85.220.35.60 17:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable modern songs, inspired by this song

Source: The German Wikipedia.

  • The Beach Boys: Ten Little Indians, 1962
  • MTS: 10 böse Autofahrer, 1974
  • Leila Negra: Zwölf kleine Negerlein
  • Time To Time: Zehn kleine Negerlein (1991)
  • Die Toten Hosen: Zehn kleine Jägermeister (Ten little master hunters), from the album Opium fürs Volk (Opium for the people), 1996
  • The Drinkers: Deset majhnih jagrov (Then little hunters), from the album Žeja (Thirst); Slovenian cover of Zehn kleine Jägermeister by Die Toten Hosen
  • Hermann Hoffmann: Zehn kleine Keglerlein, aus "Eine kleine Dachkammermusik", 21. September 1974
  • Onkel Hotte: Zehn kleine Glatzenköpp
  • Die Streuner: Zehn Orks
  • Otto Waalkes: Zehn kleine Ottifanten
  • B-Tight: Zehn kleine Negerlein, aus dem Album Neger, Neger, 2007
  • Slime (Band): Zehn kleine Nazischweine
  • Soko Friedhof: Grufties, 2006

I think this list should be added to this article. ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OBrasilo (talk • contribs) 23:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Edit: Fixed a small mistake above (forgot to state that the cover of Zehn kleine Jägermeister was Slovenian. ;) - OBrasilo (talk) 23:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Isn't there a song by Cake or Marcy Playground? Skurry (talk) 19:13, 29 November 2007 (UTC)