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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Unsre lieben Hühnerchen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Unsre lieben Hühnerchen
Verloren ihren Hahn,
Hatten ihm zu Leide
Doch wahrlich nichts gethan.
Wie trauerten die Hühnerchen,
Daß sie ihn nirgends sahn,
Den lieben guten Hahn!

Unsre lieben Hühnerchen,
Die fanden ihren Hahn,
[Wie]1 er ging spazieren
Auf einem grünen Plan.
Wie freuten sich die Hühnerchen,
Daß sie ihn wiedersahn,
Den lieben guten Hahn!

Unsre lieben Hühnerchen,
Die führten ihren Hahn
Voller Freud' und Jubel
Hoch auf den Hausaltan.
Wie war'n entzückt die Hühnerchen,
Als da zu kräh'n begann
Der liebe Hahnemann!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Graben-Hoffmann 

G. Graben-Hoffmann sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Erste vollständige Ausgabe besorgt durch Dr. Lionel von Donop, Zweite Auflage, Berlin, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1878, page 123.

1 Graben-Hoffmann: "Als"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Unsre lieben Hühnerchen", 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), "Die Hühnerchen", op. 107 no. 45, published c1883, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from Frühlingsstimmen: Neue Liederspende für die Jugend, no. 45, Dresden: L. Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Der liebe Hahnemann", op. 6 no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, Heft IV, no. 2, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Der liebe Hahnemann", op. 135 (Zehn Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 8 (1875), published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Franz Behr, Otto Dresel.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nos chères poulettes", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
Line count: 21
Word count: 83

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