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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Das arme Zickelein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zickelein, was klagest du? meckerst du so sehr?
«Im dunkeln Stall mag ich nicht sein,
Ich suche Licht und Sonnenschein.
Darum, darum meckre ich, meckre meck meck meck.»

Zickelein, was klagest du? meckerst du so sehr?
«Am Bergesabhang sucht' ich mir
Mein Futter lieber doch als hier.
Darum, darum meckre ich, meckre meck meck meck.»

Zickelein, was klagest du? meckerst du so sehr?
«Hier ist es mir zu eng, zu klein:
Ich kann im Frei'n nur fröhlich sein.
Darum, darum meckre ich, meckre meck meck meck.»

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Das arme Zickelein", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Ludwig Erk (1807 - 1883), "Das arme Zickelein", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 95 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 86

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