Es tanzt ein [Butzemann]1
In unserm Haus herum di dum,
Er rüttelt sich, er schüttelt sich,
Er wirft sein Säckchen hinter sich,
Es tanzt ein Butzemann
In unseren Haus herum.

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¹ Killmayer: "Bi-Ba-Butzemann"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text not yet checked 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 Martin Frey (1872 - 1946), "Der Butzemann", Möseler-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Der Butzemann", 1995-2003, first performed 2003 [ high voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, no. 14, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Buzemann", op. 3 no. 7, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn". Zwölf kleine Lieder für Jung und Alt für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Graz, Pechel [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Butzemann", op. 68 no. 12, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft II, no. 12, Berlin, Guttentag [sung text checked 1 time]

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