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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
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 verified ]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Schwalbenmütterlein", op. 142 (Fünf neue Kinderlieder) no. 2 (1915). [high voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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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"
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, in Der Bauernhof
This text was added to the website: 2017-02-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 57