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by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854)

Was kommt denn da für ein Tanzmeister...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was kommt [denn]1 da für ein Tanzmeister her?
Willkommen, willkommen, du lieber Bär!
Was du doch alles für Künste verstehst,
wie zierlich du auf zwei Beinen gehst!
Nur schade noch, Bärchen, höre du:
du brummst so gar verdrießlich dazu.

Dem Bären wars freilich nicht zum Lachen,
er mußte hier seine Sprünge machen;
viel lieber wär er im Wald zu Haus
und schliefe in seiner Höhle aus.
Hier mußt er hungern den halben Tag;
viel lieber ging er dem Honig nach.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854), "Bär", appears in Fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder [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 (Johann Hermann) Heinrich Böie (1825 - 1879), "Der Tanzbär", op. 21 no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für die Jugend, no. 3, Hamburg, Pohle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Bär", op. 37 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from 15 kleine Lieder nach den Hey-Speckter'schen Fabeln, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 81

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