De Mann de wull liggn,
De Kater wull singn.
Do neem he den Kater
Un smeet em int Water:
Ik will di doch wisen
Wull Herr in min Hüsen!
Do legg he sik dal
Un sleep as en Pahl.

Do keemn se ganz lisen
In Schün un in Hüsen
Un pipen so lise
Un gnappern de Müse,
[Un gnippen un gnappen]1
Un slicken un slappen
Op Bör' un in Schappen
Vun Schüttel un Teller,
To Bœn un in Keller.
Se eten sin Speck,
Toreten sin Säck,
Se eten sin Metten
Un keemn in sin Betten:
Dar beten de Æs
Den Mann inne Nœs!

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Confirmed with Vœr de Gœrn. Kinderreime alt und neu von Klaus Groth, Leipzig, Georg Wigand's Verlag, 1855, page 83.

¹ omitted by Bronsart von Schellendorff

Text Authorship:

• by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Bispill", appears in Vœr de Gœrn. Kinderreime alt und neu [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 Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Bispill", op. 17 (Zwölf Kinderreime) no. 11 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anna Cramer (1873 - 1968), "Bispill", op. 1 no. 1 (1907) [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Klaus Groth, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899) , "Bispill", appears in Vœr de Gœrn. Kinderreime alt und neu ; composed by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "The master of the house"

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