A lullaby (to be sung by moonlight for well-read and sensitive people) | My mother has geese

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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Ein Wiegenlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Meine Mutter hat Gänse,
Fünf blaue,
Sechs graue;
Sind das nicht Gänse?

Text Authorship:

by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815) [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein Wiegenlied", subtitle: "(bei Mondschein zu singen für belesene und empfindsame Personen)", 2001 [bass and piano], from Das tierische Lied von der Erde, no. 5 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "A lullaby (to be sung by moonlight for well-read and sensitive people)", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 12

A lullaby (to be sung by moonlight for well‑read and sensitive people)

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My mother has geese,
five blue ones,
six gray ones;
aren't they geese?

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "A lullaby (to be sung by moonlight for well-read and sensitive people)", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)
- Go to the text page.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 13