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by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)

Hänschen ist fürwahr zu dumm
NOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text; return to general view
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Our translations:  ENG
Hänschen ist fürwahr zu dumm,
  Sagt, er könne fliegen,
Springt und kommt natürlich gleich
  Auf die Nas' zu liegen!

Schwester Ännchen sieht ihm zu,
  Und sie spricht mit Lachen:
Hänschen, der du fliegen willst,
  Was für dumme Sachen!

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Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 36.


Text Authorship:

  • by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

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