[Maieräïe]1  mach mi groß,
I bin e kleiner Stumbe, 
Steck mi under d'Lumbe! 
"D'Lumbe sinn ze klein." 
Steck mi under d'Stein. 
"D'Stein sinn ze kalt." 
Steck mi in de Wald. 
"Der Wald isch ze finster." 
Steck mi under's Minster. 
"  'S Minster isch ze groß." 
Steck mi in e Bloß. 
"D'Bloß isch nidd hell." 
Steck mi in e Budäll. 

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Confirmed with Elsässisches Volksbüchlein, erstes Bändchen, ed. by August Stöber, Straßburg: G. L. Schuler, 1842, page 42. This edition provides two versions of the text, which are identical except for lines three to five:

G'heer under d' Lumbe. 
Bliew i als e Stumbe stehn, 
Will i liewer in's Himmele gehn!

¹ Heinemann: "Maieregen"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title, Alsatian [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 Wilhelm Heinemann , "Maieregen", op. 9 no. 5, published 1900 [ voice with piano ], from Kinderlieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

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