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Wenn die Nachtigallen schlagen, Ei, wem sollt' es nicht behagen! Tjo tjo, tjo tjo, tü tü tü, zirr zirr zirr zirr zirr, Tjo tjo tjo tjo tü, tjo tjo tjo tjo tü! Ei, wem sollt' es nicht behagen! Doch die Frösch' in ihren Lachen, Hört nur, was für Lärm sie machen! Qua quack, qua quack, quack quack, qua qua qua qua quack, Qua qua qua qua quack, qua qua qua qua quack! Hört nur, was für Lärm sie machen! Mancher hebet an zu singen, Und er meint, es müsse klingen: Tjo tjo, tjo tjo, tü tü tü, zirr zirr zirr zirr zirr, Tjo tjo tjo tjo tü, tjo tjo tjo tjo tü! Ja, er meint, so müss' es klingen. Doch es klingt wie Froschgequacke Und wie aus dem Dudelsacke: Qua quack, qua quack, quack quack quack, qua qua qua qua quack! Qua qua qua qua quack, qua qua qua qua quack! Ja, wie aus dem Dudelsacke.
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Nachtigallen und Frösche", 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 Ludwig Erk (1807 - 1883), "Nachtigallen und Frösche", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 33 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nightingales and frogs", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 156
When the nightingales are calling, Ah, who would not be pleased to hear that! Tyo tyo, tyo tyo, wew wew wew, chur chur chur chur chur Tyo tyo tyo tyo wew, tyo tyo tyo tyo wew! Ah, who would not be pleased to hear that! But the frogs when they are laughing, Only hear what a noise they make! Cro croak, cro croak, croak croak, cro cro cro cro croak, Cro cro cro cro croak, Cro cro cro cro croak! Only hear what a noise they make! Many a person begins to sing, And thinks it must sound like this: Tyo tyo, tyo tyo, wew wew wew, chur chur chur chur chur Tyo tyo tyo tyo wew, tyo tyo tyo tyo wew! Yes, thinks it must sound like this. But it sounds like frogs croaking And like something out of a bagpipe: Cro croak, cro croak, croak croak, cro cro cro cro croak, Cro cro cro cro croak, Cro cro cro cro croak! Yes, like something out of a bagpipe.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Nachtigallen und Frösche", appears in Kinderlieder
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 170