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Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)
Ein Schneider fing 'ne Maus
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Ein Schneider fing 'ne Maus, Ein Schneider fing 'ne Maus, Ein Schneider fing 'ne Mi-Ma Maus, Mi-Ma Mause-Maus. Ein Schneider fing 'ne Maus. Was macht er mit der Maus? Was macht er mit der Maus? Was macht er mit der Mi-Ma Maus, Mi-Ma Mause-Maus? Was macht er mit der Maus? Er zieht ihr ab das Fell, Er zieht ihr ab das Fell, Er zieht ihr ab das Mausefell, Mi-Ma-Mausefell. Er zieht ihr ab das Fell. Was macht' er mit dem Fell? Was macht' er mit dem Fell? Was macht' er mit dem Mausefell? Mi-Ma-Mausefell? Was macht' er mit dem Fell? Er näht sich einen Sack. Er näht sich einen Sack. Er näht sich einen Mausesack. Mi-Ma-Mausesack. Er näht sich einen Sack. Was macht er mit dem Sack? Was macht er mit dem Sack? Was macht er mit dem Mausesack, Mi-Ma-Mausesack? Was macht er mit dem Sack? Er tut hinein sein Geld, Er tut hinein sein Geld, Er tut hinein sein Mausedeld, Mi-Ma-Mausedeld. Er tut hinein sein Geld. Was macht er mit dem Geld? Was macht er mit dem Geld? Was macht er mit dem Mausedeld, Mi-Ma-Mausedeld? Was macht er mit dem Geld? Er kauft sich einen Bock, Er kauft sich einen Bock, Er kauft sich einen Mausebock, Mi-Ma-Mausebock. Er kauft sich einen Bock. Was macht er mit dem Bock? Was macht er mit dem Bock? Was macht er mit dem Mausebock, Mi-Ma-Mausebock? Was macht er mit dem Bock? Er reitet durch die Welt. Er reitet durch die Welt. Er reitet durch die Mausewelt, Mi-Ma-Mausewelt. Er reitet durch die Welt. Was macht er in der Welt? Was macht er in der Welt? Was macht er in der Mausewelt, Mi-Ma-Mausewelt? Was macht er in der Welt? Er wird ein großer Held. Er wird ein großer Held. Er wird ein großer Mauseheld, Mi-Ma-Mauseheld. Er wird ein großer Held.
Text Authorship:
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 Schneider fing 'ne Maus", 2009 [medium voice and piano], from Kinderlieder, no. 7 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "A tailor caught a mouse", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 65
Word count: 305
A tailor caught a mouse
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A tailor caught a mouse, Indeed he caught a mouse, Oh yes, he trapped a mi-ma-mouse, Oh my! A mi-ma-mouse, That tailor caught a mouse. What happened to that mouse? What did he do, that louse? Oh yes, he snared a mi-ma-mouse, Oh my! A mi-ma-mouse, That tailor killed the mouse. The pelt came off that mouse. Peeled as if a furry blouse. Oh yes, he skinned that mouse's blouse, Oh my! Poor mi-ma-mouse, That tailor skinned the mouse. What happened to that pelt? What use for a mouse's pelt? Oh yes, he ripped that mouse's pelt, Oh my! Poor mi-ma-mousy-pelt, The tailor stripped the pelt. The tailor made of fur-lined sack! He stitched it up, from front to back! Oh yes, he sewed that mouse-like sack, Oh my! That mi-ma-mousy sack, The pelt became a sack. What of that mouse-skin sack? Ah, why that mouse attack? Yes, now he had a mouse-skin sack, Oh my! That mi-ma-mouse-fur sack, The tailor had his sack. In it, he put his gold, Yes, gold that sack would hold. That tailor made the sack for gold, With that mi-ma-mouse-sack's gold, The tailor bought and sold. A furry sack of gold? What would the future hold? That tailor made the sack for gold, Oh! That mi-ma-mouse-sack's gold, The tailor grew quite bold. The tailor bought a goat With gold from the mouse-skin tote. Yes, now he had a mouse-made goat, And o'er that mi-ma-mouse-fur goat, The tailor now could gloat. What of that Billy-goat? The mouse the tailor once did smote Was now tied on to the mousy-goat. Oh my! That mi-ma-mouse-fur goat, The tailor now did gloat. He rode it through the land. He thought himself quite grand. With mouse-sack, mouse-goat, he had planned To be quite mi-ma-mousy-grand, And ride throughout the land. What led him further on? By what then was he drawn? With mouse-sack, mouse-goat, and his tailor brawn He was quite mi-ma-mousy-drawn To triumphs, whereupon.... He would heroic be! With mouse-sack, mousy-goat did he Ride out, a hero boastfully And mi-ma-mousey would then he Filled with mousy glory be!
Text Authorship:
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "A tailor caught a mouse", copyright © 2009, (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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 65
Word count: 349