Cracking nuts | Rumple, bumple, sack full of things

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nüsse knacken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Holler, boller Rumpelsack --
Niklas trug sie huckepack,
Weihnachtsnüsse gelb und braun, 
runzlig, punzlig anzuschaun.

Knackt die Schale, springt der Kern:
Weihnachtsnüsse eß ich gern. 
Komm bald wieder in dies Haus, 
guter alter Nikolaus!

Confirmed with Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte von Albert Sergel, 11.-15. Tausend, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien & Bern: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1921, page 28.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Nüsseknacken", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte [author's text checked 2 times 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 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Nüsse knacken", op. 15 no. 2, published 1907/8 [ voice and piano ], from Ringelreihen: 21 Kinderlieder von Albert Sergel, no. 2, München: Wunderhornverlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Cracking nuts", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 33

Cracking nuts

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Rumple, bumple, sack full of things --
Nicholas carried them upon his back,
Christmas nuts, yellow and brown,
wrinkled, cute to see. 
 
If the shell cracks, the kernel pops out:
I like to eat Christmas nuts.
Come to this house again soon,
good old Nicholas!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Nüsseknacken", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 44