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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Otto, liebes Brüderlein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Otto, liebes Brüderlein,
    Schlafe nun ein!
Schmetterling sucht am Blatt
Sich eine Lagerstatt.
Fliegen und Mückelein
    Schlafen auch ein.

Otto, liebes Brüderlein,
    Schlafe nun ein!
Sperling flog unter’s Dach
Schon in sein Schlafgemach.
Kuh und Kalb, Zieg’ und Schaf
    Alles will Schlaf.

Otto, liebes Brüderlein,
    Schlafe nun ein!
Schwestern, so schweiget doch!
Brüderchen wacht ja noch.
Singt mit mir leis’ und sacht:
    Schlaf! Gute Nacht!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Erste vollständige Ausgabe besorgt durch Dr. Lionel von Donop, Zweite Auflage, Berlin, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1878, pages 259-260.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Kinderlieder, in Wiegenlieder III, no. 1 [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 Gustav Eggers (1835 - 1861), "Womit Walther sein Brüderchen in Schlaf singt" [ voice and piano ], from Nachgelassene Lieder und Gesänge, Heft 3: 8 Lieder aus der Kinderwelt und Kindheit, v. Hoffmann v. Fallersleben, no. 3, Rostock, Wessel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 65

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