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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen?
Die hat der gold'ne Mond,
Der hinter unsern Bäumen
Am Himmel drüben wohnt.

Er kommt am späten Abend,
Wenn alles schlafen will,
Hervor aus seinem Hause
Zum Himmel leis' und still.

Dann weidet er die Schäfchen
Auf seiner blauen Flur,
Denn all' die weißen Sterne
Sind seine Schäfchen nur.

Sie tun sich nichts zu Leide
Hat eins das and're gern,
Und Schwestern sind und Brüder
Da droben Stern an Stern.

Und soll ich dir ein's bringen,
So darfst du niemals schrei'n,
Mußt freundlich wie die Schäfchen
Und wie ihr Schäfer sein.

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•   O. Dresel •   J. Reichardt •   A. Sandberger 

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Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title [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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Vom Monde", op. 13 (Zwölf Jugendlieder, 3 und 4 stimmig, für Sopran und Alt) no. 2 (1848) [ sopranos and altos ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leo Blech (1871 - 1958), "Das Lied vom Monde", op. 28 no. 2, copyright © 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Liedchen großen und kleinen Kindern vorzusingen, Sechste Folge, no. 2, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Das Lied vom Monde", 1849 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Götze (1836 - 1887), "Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen", op. 182 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1886 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen?", 1790, note: these words were published with this music well after it was composed [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedrich Reichel , "Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen", op. 6 (Vier Terzetten) no. 2, published 1874 [ vocal trio ], Leipzig, Kistner  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen?", op. 37 (Acht Kinderlieder) no. 7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Sandberger (1864 - 1943), "Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen?", op. 22 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Wiegenlied", WoO. 15 (1904-05) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Who has the most beautiful little sheep?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-19
Line count: 20
Word count: 96

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