Two little mice | Once upon a time there were two little mice

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by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zwei Mäuschen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Es waren mal zwei Mäuschen
ganz allein zu Haus,
da krochen sie auf's Fensterbrett
und lugten fein hinaus.

Und als sie lang genug gelugt,
hüpften sie herab
und liefen um den Tisch herum,
tripp, trapp, tripp, trapp, tripp, trapp.

Und als sie müd' vom Laufen war'n,
sprangen sie auf's Bett
und tänzelten und schwänzelten
ein zierlich Menuett.

Und wißt ihr, wer mir das erzählt?
Das Kätzchen Griesegrau.
Das hat von draußen zugeschaut,
miau, miau, miau!

Text Authorship:

by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918) [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), "Zwei Mäuschen", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 48 (1909-10) [ medium voice and piano ], Band 5, "Aus der Kinderwelt" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dos ratolins", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Two little mice", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

Two little mice

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Once upon a time there were two little mice
All alone at home;
They crept onto the window sill
And peered out.

And when they had peered out long enough,
They hopped down
And ran around the table,
Tip, tap, tip, tap, tip, tap.

And when they were tired of running
They sprang upon the bed
And danced and twirled their tails
In a dainty minuet.

And do you know who told me that?
'Twas Greykin, the kitten.
It had watched everything from outdoors,
Meow, meow, meow!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 87