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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Es fing ein Knab' ein Vögelein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es fing ein Knab' ein Vögelein,
  Hm! hm!
Da lacht er in den Käfig'nein, 
  Hm! Hm!
  So! So!
  Hm! Hm!

Der freut sich traun so läppisch, 
  Hm! Hm!
Und griff hinein so täppisch, 
  Hm! Hm!
  So! So!
  Hm! Hm!

Da flog das Meislein auf ein Haus,
  Hm! Hm!
Und lacht den dummen Buben aus,
  Hm! Hm!
  So! So!
  Hm! Hm!

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Achter Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1828, pages 113-114.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Götz von Berlichingen, , Act III, Scene "Schloßhof". [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Georgslied", 1908/9?, from Sieben Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Das Meislein", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1906-1913 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Entflogen", c1790-5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Lied des Georg im Götz von Berlichingen", op. 63 (Neun Kinderlieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Thudichum (1866 - 1944), "Es fing ein Knab' ein Vögelein", op. 6 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Ludwig Grünberger.
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Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 62

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