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by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918)

Sum, sum, der Sandmann geht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Sum, sum, der Sandmann geht, --
Ach wie dunkel, ach wie spät!
Tritt zu jedem Kind ins Haus,
Streut die stillen Körner aus.

Sum, sum, der Sandmann geht, --
Komm, [und]1 sprich dein Nachtgebet:
Lieber Gott, mach du mich fromm,
Daß ich in den Himmel komm!

Falt' die Händchen, schlaf in Ruh,
Deine Mutter deckt dich zu,
Wird ein Engel wunderschön
Heut' an deinem Bettchen steh'n.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Cramer •   A. Feist 

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Confirmed with Carl Busse, Vagabunden. Neue Lieder und Gedichte, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1901, page 108. Note: in Cramer's setting, "Sum" is spelled "Summ" throughout.

1 Cramer, Feist: "nun"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918), "Schlafliedchen fürs Peterle", appears in Vagabunden. Neue Lieder und Gedichte, in Bunter Reigen [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 Anna Cramer (1873 - 1968), "Schlafliedchen für's Peterle", 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alwine Feist (1873 - 1924), "Schlaflied für’s Peterle", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Schlafliedchen", op. 53 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Schlafliedchen", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 14 (1903) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (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: 2011-07-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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