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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Die haltbare Graugans
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Der Herr ist aufs Feld gangen
In der Luft hat er [rumgeschossen]1
[Runterkommen]2 ist die Graugans.
  Ja ja.

Sie ist sechs [Jahr]3 gefallen
[Mein Weib und dein Weib]4
Haben sechs Jahr [dran]5 rupfen müssen.
  Ja ja.

Haben sechs Jahr [dran]5 braten müssen
Auf [sein Tisch haben sie's stellen]6 müssen:
[Die Gabel ist drin]7 stecken blieben.
[Das Messer ist ihm]8 abgebrochen.
  Ja ja.

Der Sau hat er's vorgeworfen
Die Sau hat's nicht fressen können
Es hat ihr das Maul zerrissen.
  Ja ja.

[Er]9 hat's in die Mühl' geschmissen
Gesprengt hat's den [Radkasten]10.
  Ja ja.

Wie sie [z'letzt ist gesehn]11 worden
Ostwärts ist sie losgeflogen
Hinterdrein sechs Junge
Ostwärts mit quong quong.
  Ja ja ja.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Eisler 

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View original text (without footnotes)
1 Eisler: "herumgeschossen"
2 Eisler: "Herunter kommen"
3 Eisler: "Jahr aus der Luft"
4 Eisler: "Dein Weib und mein Weib"
5 Eisler: "daran"
6 Eisler: "den Tisch haben sie's dem Herrn stell'n"
7 Eisler: "Seine Gabel ist ihm darin"
8 Eisler: "Sein Messer ist ihm darin"
9 Eisler: "Der Herr"
10 Eisler: "Mühlkasten"
11 Eisler: "ganz zuletzt ist gesehen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Die haltbare Graugans" [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die haltbare Graugans", 1955 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The durable grey goose", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 126

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