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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Es kam ein Herr zum Schlösseli
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE ITA
Es kam ein Herr zum Schlösseli
Auf einem schönen Röss'li,
Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk!
Da lugt die Frau zum Fenster aus
Und sagt: "Der Mann ist nicht zu Haus,
Und niemand heim als meine Kind',
Und's Mädchen ist auf der Wäschewind!"

Der Herr auf seinem Rösseli
Sagt zu der Frau im Schlösseli:
Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk!
"Sind's gute Kind', sind's böse Kind'?
Ach, liebe Frau, ach sagt geschwind,"
Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk!

"In meiner Tasch' für folgsam Kind',
Da hab' ich manche Angebind,"
Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk!
Die Frau die sagt: "Sehr böse Kind'!
Sie folgen Mutter nicht geschwind,
Sind böse, sind böse!"

Da sagt der Herr: "So reit' ich heim,
Dergleichen Kinder brauch' ich kein'!"
Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk!
Und reit' auf seinem Rösseli
Weit, weit entweg vom Schlösseli!
Ku-ku-kuk, ku-ku-kuk!

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text not yet checked 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 Hegeler (1879 - 1937), "Um die Kinder still und artig zu machen", c1900 [ 3 voices ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Um die Kinder still und artig zu machen", published 1903, from Dreissig Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Um die Kinder still und artig zu machen", op. 58 no. 9, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft I, no. 9, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pour rendre sages les vilains enfants", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Si presentò un signore al piccolo castello", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 122

Pour rendre sages les vilains enfants
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Un Monsieur arrive au petit château
Sur un joli petit cheval,
Cou-cou-cou, cou-cou-cou !
La femme regarde alors par la fenêtre
Et dit : "L'homme n'est pas à la maison,
Et personne n'est ici à part mes enfants,
Et la servante est au lavoir !"

Le Monsieur sur petit cheval
Dit à la femme du petit château :
Cou-cou-cou, cou-cou-cou !
"Sont-ils sages ou vilains les enfants ?
Ah, chère femme, dites-moi vite !"
Cou-cou-cou, cou-cou-cou !

" Dans ma poche, pour les enfants sages,
J'ai beaucoup de cadeaux."
Cou-cou-cou, cou-cou-cou !

La femme dit :"De très vilains enfants !
Ils n'obéissent pas à leur mère,
Ils sont vilains, ils sont vilains !"
Alors le Monsieur dit : " Alors je m'en vais,
Car je n'ai rien porté pour ces enfants !"
Cou-cou-cou, cou-cou-cou !
Et il s'en va sur son petit cheval
Loin, loin, du petit château !
Cou-cou-cou, cou-cou-cou !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-17
Line count: 25
Word count: 140

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