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Eine kleine Geige möcht' ich haben, Eine kleine Geige hätt' ich gern ! Alle Tage spielt ich mir Zwei, drei Stücken oder vier, Und sänge und spränge Gar lustig herum. Didel didel didel dum dum dum! Didel didel didel dum! Eine kleine Geige klingt gar lieblich, Eine kleine Geige klingt gar schön ! Nachbars Hans und unser Spitz Kämen alle wie der Blitz: Und sängen und sprängen [Mit mir auch herum]1. Didel didel didel dum dum dum! Didel didel didel dum!
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View text without footnotes1 Reinecke: "gar lustig herum"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Nur eine kleine Geige", appears in Kinderlieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Leo Blech (1871 - 1958), "Nur eine kleine Geige", op. 27 no. 1, copyright © 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Liedchen großen und kleinen Kindern vorzusingen, Fünfte Folge, no. 1, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Erk (1807 - 1883), "Nur eine kleine Geige", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 34 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Eine kleine Geige möcht' ich haben", op. 138 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice, violin, and piano ], from Acht Kinderlieder mit leichter Pianoforte- und Violin-Begleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Sachs (1830 - 1887), "Eine kleine Geige", op. 96 (Drei kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Only a little violin", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 81
I would like to have a little violin, I would dearly love a little violin! Every day I would play Two, three pieces, or four, And I'd sing and hop Merrily about. Tweedle tweedle tweedle tum tum tum! Tweedle tweedle tweedle tum! A little violin sounds quite lovely, A little violin sounds quite beautiful! The neighbour's [boy] Hans and our [dog] Spitz Would all come over quick as lightning: And would sing and hop [About with me as well]1. Tweedle tweedle tweedle tum tum tum! Tweedle tweedle tweedle tum!
English song title (Reinecke): I would like to have a little violin
1 Reinecke: "about quite merrily"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Nur eine kleine Geige", appears in Kinderlieder
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 91