Little lullaby | Susie, sweet child

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Wiegenliedchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Suse, suse Kindchen,
draußen bellt ein Hündchen,
hat es nicht so gut wie du,
keine Mutter deckt es zu.

Suse, suse Kindchen,
draußen läuft das Hündchen,
läuft allein in dunkler Nacht,
keine Mutter bei ihm wacht.

Suse, suse Kindchen,
Vater holt das Hündchen,
soll nicht bleiben so allein,
soll bei unserm Kindchen sein.

Confirmed with Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte von Albert Sergel, 11.-15. Tausend, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien & Bern: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1921, page 17.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Wiegenliedchen", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte [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 Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921), "Wiegenliedchen", 1909-10, from Kinderlieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ludwig Neubeck (1882 - 1933), "Wiegenliedchen", op. 17 no. 5, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Ringelreihen. Ein Kinderlieder-Zyklus nach Ged. von A. Sergel, no. 5, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Wiegenliedchen", op. 15 no. 11, published 1907/8 [ voice and piano ], from Ringelreihen: 21 Kinderlieder von Albert Sergel, no. 11, München: Wunderhornverlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Little lullaby", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 53

Little lullaby

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Susie, sweet child,
outside there is a dog barking.
He doesn't have it as good as you,
he doesn't have a mother protecting him.

Susie, sweet child,
outside there is a dog running,
he is running alone in the dark night,
he doesn't have a mother watching over him.

Susie, sweet child,
Father picks up the dog,
he shouldn't stay on his own like that,
he should be here with our child.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Wiegenliedchen", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 72