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by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854)

Das kleine Bienelein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Das kleine Bienelein]1
Fliegt immer fleißig hin und her,
Als ob es niemals müde wär',
Und trägt den Honig ein.

Wer hat's ihm denn gesagt, 
Wo's überall ihn finden kann,
Für sich und dich und jedermann,
Daß es gar niemals fragt?

Das [that]2 ja Gott allein; 
Der legt ihn in die Blumen hin,
Da findet ihn das Bienchen drin
Und trägt ihn fröhlich ein.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Silcher 

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Confirmed with Noch fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder von Wilhelm Hey, mit Bildern von Otto Speckter, nebst ein ernsthaften Anhange, neue Ausgabe, Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1852. Appears in Anhang, page 3.

1 Silcher: "Das Bienelein"
2 Silcher: "hat"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854), no title, appears in Noch fünfzig Fabeln fü;r Kinder, in Anhang [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 (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Das Bienelein fliegt" [ duet ], from Zwölf Kinderlieder aus dem Anhange des Specter'schen Fabelbuches, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Francis L. Soper) , "The bee in flow'ry dell", appears in Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes, first published 1850


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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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