¿Sabías que el musical Annie se inspiró en las tiras de una serie del historietista Harold Gray?
Little Orphan Annie
¿Y que a su vez Harold Gray se inspiró en un poema para crear su tira? Pues sí, en un poema de James Whitcomb Riley (the Hoosier Poet).
¿Y que, a su vez, este se inspiró en una niña real para componer su poema Little Orphan Annie? Pues sí, la niña huérfana se llamaba Allie Smith (Mary Alice Smith). Aunque el poema en un principio se tituló The Elf Child. Lo escribió en 1885. Y fíjate, 140 años después, lloramos viendo a la pequeña Annie en los musicales.
Este es el poema:
- Little Orphant Annie
- Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay,
- An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away,
- An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep,
- An' make the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep;
- An' all us other children, when the supper-things is done,
- We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun
- A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about,
- An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
- Watch
- Don't
- Ef you
- Wunst they wuz a little boy wouldn't say his prayers,--
- An' when he went to bed at night, away up-stairs,
- His Mammy heerd him holler, an' his Daddy heerd him bawl,
- An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wuzn't there at all!
- An' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an' cubby-hole, an' press,
- An' seeked him up the chimbly-flue, an' ever'-wheres, I guess;
- But all they ever found wuz thist his pants an' roundabout:--
- An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
- Watch
- Don't
- Ef you
- An' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh an' grin,
- An' make fun of ever' one, an' all her blood-an'-kin;
- An' wunst, when they was "company", an' ole folks wuz there,
- She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em, an' said she didn't care!
- An' thist as she kicked her heels, an' turn't to run an' hide,
- They wuz two great big Black Things a-standin' by her side,
- An' they snatched her through the ceilin' 'fore she knowed what she's about!
- An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
- Watch
- Don't
- Ef you
- An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue,
- An' the lamp-wick sputters, an' the wind goes woo-oo!
- An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon is gray,
- An' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away,--
- You better mind yer parunts, an' yer teachurs fond an' dear,
- An' churish them 'at loves you, an' dry the orphant's tear,
- An' he'p the pore an' needy ones 'at clusters all about,
- Er the Gobble-uns 'll git you
- Ef you
- Don't
- Watch
- Out!
- Watch
- Don't
- Ef you
Quizás no sabes que el poema se hizo muy famoso en Indiana y que se suele recitar aún en Halloween.
¿Y que este poema inspiró también el nombre de un personaje de una serie de libros del escritor Johnny Gruelle? Sí, una muñeca, Raggedy Ann. Lo eligió mezclando palabras de dos poemas de Riley: The Raggedy Man y Little Orphan Annie.
Pero seguro que no sabes que el poema también inspiró una película muda (1918) titulada Little Orphan Annie. ¿Ah, sí? ¿Lo sabías?
Y la puedes ver siguiendo este enlace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRvyczSoqM
¿Y también sabes que Riley aparece en la película?
¡Pues ya!
Ah, no, que me faltan las maravillosas canciones...:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH6MstVxehQ&list=RDLH6MstVxehQ&start_radio=1
Continuará... Me falta añadir enlaces...*
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Annie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Annie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(pel%C3%ADcula_de_2014)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Gruelle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggedy_Ann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie_(1918_film)
