Erst kommt die braune Ursula
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Erst kommt die braune Ursula,
Und dann die blonde Marie,
Dann kommt das schwarze Bärbelchen,
Am langsamsten ist die!
Sie gehen hintereinander
Sehr feierlich und froh,
Weil ihnen geschenkt die Mutter
Drei neue Hüte von Stroh!
Wenn nur die bösen Buben
Nicht schrien frech und laut:
"Da gehen drei Strohmädelchen,
Und eine davon ist Braut!"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "First comes brown-haired Ursula", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
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Word count: 55
First comes brown-haired Ursula,
Then blonde Marie,
Then comes black-haired Barbara,
She is the slowest one of them!
They walk one behind the other
Very solemnly and happily,
Because their mother has given them
Three new straw hats!
If only those nasty boys
Would not scream boldly and loudly:
"There come three straw-maidens,
And one of them is engaged!"