Les chats | N'est-ce pas une bonne blague

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Katzen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ist das nicht ein schöner Scherz
Wenn der Kater in dem [Merz]¹
Suchet seine Frau?
Wenn er auf die Dächer springt,
Und sein lustig [Liedchen]² singt:
[Rau]³, mau, miau.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Jenner

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Confirmed with Die deutschen Volksbücher, Gesammelt und ihrer ursprünglichen Echtheit wiederhergestellt von Karl Simrock, Neunter Band, Frankfurt a.M.: Druck und Verlag von Heinr. Ludw. Brönner, 1856, page 230.

¹ Jenner: "März"
² Jenner: "Liedel"
³ Jenner: "Mau"

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Katzen" [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 Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Katzen", op. 6 no. 4, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Cats", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les chats", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-18
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Word count: 33

Les chats

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

N'est-ce pas une bonne blague
Quand le chat en mars
Cherche sa femme ?
Quand il saute sur les toits
Et chante sa drôle de chanson :
Miaou, miaou.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2020 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Katzen"
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This text was added to the website: 2020-12-21
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Word count: 27