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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Das Lauerkätzchen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Wer sitzt auf unsrer]1 Mauer?
Die Katz' sitzt auf der Lauer.
O Spätzelein,
Nehmt euch in Acht vorm Kätzelein!

Nehmt euch in Acht, ihr Spätzchen!
Es kommt das Mausekätzchen.
O Spätzelein,
Nehmt euch in Acht vorm Kätzelein!

Die Katz' ist heimgegangen,
Sie hat den Spatz gefangen.
Drum, Spätzelein,
Nehmt euch in Acht vorm Kätzelein!

Was macht die Mausekatze
Doch mit dem kleinen Spatze?
Das Spätzelein
Bringt sie zu ihren Kätzelein!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Graben-Hoffmann 

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Confirmed with Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Kinderlieder, Berlin, 2014.

1 Graben-Hoffmann: "Was sitzt dort auf der"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Das Lauerkätzchen", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Das Lauerkätzchen", op. 107 no. 33, published c1883 [ voice and piano ], from Frühlingsstimmen: Neue Liederspende für die Jugend, no. 33, Dresden: L. Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-11-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

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