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Es kam ein Herr zum Schlösseli Auf einem schönen Röss'li, Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk! Da lugt die Frau zum Fenster aus Und sagt: "Der Mann ist nicht zu Haus, Und niemand heim als meine Kind', Und's Mädchen ist auf der Wäschewind!" Der Herr auf seinem Rösseli Sagt zu der Frau im Schlösseli: Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk! "Sind's gute Kind', sind's böse Kind'? Ach, liebe Frau, ach sagt geschwind," Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk! "In meiner Tasch' für folgsam Kind', Da hab' ich manche Angebind," Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk! Die Frau die sagt: "Sehr böse Kind'! Sie folgen Mutter nicht geschwind, Sind böse, sind böse!" Da sagt der Herr: "So reit' ich heim, Dergleichen Kinder brauch' ich kein'!" Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk! Und reit' auf seinem Rösseli Weit, weit entweg vom Schlösseli! Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk!
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Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Anna Hegeler (1879 - 1937), "Um die Kinder still und artig zu machen", c1900 [ 3 voices ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Um die Kinder still und artig zu machen", published 1903, from Dreissig Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Um die Kinder still und artig zu machen", op. 58 no. 9, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft I, no. 9, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pour rendre sages les vilains enfants", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Si presentò un signore al piccolo castello", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 25
Word count: 122
Si presentò un signore al piccolo castello In sella al suo piccolo cavallo, Cucù,cucù, cucù! Al balcone si affacciò la castellana E disse: "Mio marito non si trova in casa, solo i miei bimbi mi fanno compagnia, per risciacquare i panni la serva è pure via!" Il signore sul piccolo cavallo disse alla donna del piccolo castello: Cucù,cucù, cucù! "I bimbi sono buoni o sono cattivi? Subito, mia bella castellana, dirmelo devi" Cucù,cucù, cucù! "Nella bisaccia, per i bimbi buoni io tengo conservati molti doni" Cucù,cucù, cucù! Disse la dama: "Sono monelli assai! Alla loro mamma non ubbidiscono mai, Tanto monelli, che non ne posso più!" Disse il signore: "A casa voglio andarmene, di bimbi simili non so proprio che farmene!" Cucù,cucù, cucù! E ripartì, sul piccolo cavallo, molto lontano dal piccolo castello! Cucù,cucù, cucù!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-20
Line count: 25
Word count: 135