Little mother swallow! Little mother swallow!

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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schwalbenmütterlein!...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Schwalbenmütterlein! Schwalbenmütterlein!
Wie hast du lieb deine Gelbschnäblein!
Fliegst niemals aus,
Daß du nicht fingest
Ein Mückchen zum Schmaus;
Fliegst niemals aus,
Daß du nicht bringest
Deinem Kindlein das Mückchen nach Haus.
Schwalbenmütterlein! Schwalbenmütterlein!
Wie hast du lieb deine Gelbschnäblein!

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Confirmed with Robert Reinick’s Märchen-, Lieder- und Gedichtenbuch (Gesammelte Dichtungen Reinick’s für die Jugend, zum ertsenmal gesammelt und herausgegeben), Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 51

Text Authorship:

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, in Der Bauernhof [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 Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Kinderliedchen", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf deutsche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Schwalbenmütterlein", op. 142 (Fünf neue Kinderlieder) no. 2 (1915) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 40

Little mother swallow! Little mother...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Little mother swallow! Little mother swallow!
How you do love your little yellow-beaked nestlings!
You never fly out from your nest
Without catching
A little mosquito for a feast;
You never fly out
Without bringing back home
The little mosquito for your nestling.
Little mother swallow! Little mother swallow!
How you do love your little yellow-beaked nestlings!

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Translations of title(s):
"Schwalbenmütterlein" = "Little mother swallow"
"Kinderliedchen" = "Little song for children"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, in Der Bauernhof
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 57