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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Spatz und Katze
Language: German (Deutsch) 
"Wo wirst du denn den Winter bleiben?"
Sprach zum Spätzchen das Kätzchen.
"Hier und dorten, allerorten",
Sprach gleich wieder das Spätzchen.

"Wo wirst du denn zu Mittag essen?"
Sprach zum Spätzchen das Kätzchen.
"Auf den Tennen mit den Hennen",
Sprach gleich wieder das Spätzchen.

"Wo wirst du denn die Nachtruh' halten?"
Sprach zum Spätzchen das Kätzchen.
"Laß dein Fragen, will's nicht sagen",
Sprach gleich wieder das Spätzchen.

"Ei, sag mir's doch, du liebes Spätzchen!"
Sprach zum Spätzchen das Kätzchen.
"Willst mich holen - Gott befohlen!"
Fort flog eilig das Spätzchen.

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Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874) [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Spatz und Katze", 2007 [ high voice and piano ], from Mäuselein, Mauskätzchen und Spätzchen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Spatz und Katze", op. 15 no. 11, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Kinderlieder für den Umfang jeder Stimme , no. 11, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Spatz und Katze", op. 118 no. 1, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft VI, no. 1, Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 90

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