Attraper la souris | Un, deux, trois

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by Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg (1883 - 1964)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Mausefangen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Eins, zwei, drei,
eins, zwei, drei,
was raschelt da im Heu?

Willst du nicht das Mäuschen fangen?
Willst du nicht das Mäuschen fangen?
Fass es an dem Schwanz, dem langen!

Vier, fünf, sechs,
vier, fünf, sechs,
hei! hei! da läuft es weg!

Ist ins Mauseloch entkommen,
hat sein Schwänzchen mitgenommen.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg (1883 - 1964) [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Mausefangen", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 58 (1911-2) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Atrapar ratolins", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Catching mice", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Attraper la souris", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Brixius

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-08
Line count: 11
Word count: 50

Attraper la souris

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Un, deux, trois,
Un, deux, trois,
Qu'est-ce que ce bruit dans le foin ?

Ne veux-tu pas attraper la petite souris ?
Ne veux-tu pas attraper la petite souris ?
Attrape-la avec sa longue queue !

Quatre, cinq, six,
Quatre, cinq, six,
Hé ! hé ! elle s'est échappée !

Elle s'est échappée dans le trou de souris,
Elle a emmenée sa petite queue.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Ludwig Schellenberg (1883 - 1964)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 57