An der Himmelspforte
Schuh' zum Kaufe stehn,
Für die kleinen Engel,
Welche barfuß geh'n.
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Spanische Volkslieder und Volksreime: Spanische Volks- und Kindermärchen; Einfache Blüthen religiösen Poesie. Nach den von Fernan Caballero gesammelten Originalen in's Deutsch übertragen von Wilhelm Hosäus, Dr. philos. Paderborn, Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1862, p. 116.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lullaby", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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At the gateway of Heaven
Shoes stand for sale,
For the little angels
Who are going barefoot.