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War mal ein kleines Mäuschen, das kroch aus seinem Häuschen. Es wollte frisch aufs Wandern gehn und sich die weite Welt besehn. Doch ach! doch ach! der Schreck kam hintennach! Die Katze vor der Haustür lag und blinzelt in den Sommertag. Das Mäuschen will vorübergehn, die Katze hat es doch gesehn. Und ach! und ach! das gab ein Ungemach! Sie tät es überfallen mit ihren spitzen Krallen. Das Mäuschen kam in große Pein und sprang dem Kind ins Halsloch 'nein. Da sitzt es nun und lacht.-- Hats das nicht fein gemacht?
Confirmed with Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte von Albert Sergel, 11.-15. Tausend, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien & Bern: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1921, page 48.
Text Authorship:
- by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Das Mäuschen", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte [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 Neubeck (1882 - 1933), "Das Mäuschen", op. 17 no. 7, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Ringelreihen. Ein Kinderlieder-Zyklus nach Ged. von A. Sergel, no. 7, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Das Mäuschen", op. 15 no. 18, published 1907/8 [ voice and piano ], from Ringelreihen: 21 Kinderlieder von Albert Sergel, no. 18, München: Wunderhornverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Das Mäuschen", op. 44 no. 9 (1920) [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Kinderlieder nach Gedichten von Albert Sergel, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The little mouse", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2024-12-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 91
There once was a dear little mouse that crept out of its little house. It wanted to go a-wandering briskly and to view the wide world. But woe! but woe! the fright came afterwards! The cat was lying in front of the door to the house and blinking into the summer day. The little mouse wanted to walk past, but the cat saw it. And woe! and woe! that resulted in a misfortune! The cat fell upon it with its sharp claws. The little mouse was in great adversity and leapt into the open collar of the child. There it now sits and laughs. -- Didn’t [the mouse] do well?
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Das Mäuschen", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte
This text was added to the website: 2024-12-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 109