All my little ducklings | All my little ducklings

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz (1780 - 1861)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Alle meine Entchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Alle meine Entchen
Schwimmen auf dem See,
Köpfchen in dem Wasser,
Schwänzchen in die Höh.

Alle meine Täubchen
Gurren auf dem Dach,
Fliegt eins in die Lüfte,
Fliegen alle nach.

Alle meine Hühner
Scharren in dem Stroh,
Finden sie ein Körnchen,
Sind sie alle froh.

Alle meine Gänschen
Watscheln durch den Grund,
Suchen in dem Tümpel,
Werden kugelrund.

Alle meine Fröschlein
Hüpfen auf und ab
Schrein dabei recht lustig,
Quack, quack, quack, quack ,quack.

Alle meine Puppen,
Susi und Marie
Schlafen in der Wiege,
Bis ich wecke sie.

Alle meine Kinder
Tanzen lustig heut'
Tanzen voller Freude
In der Sommerzeit.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz (1780 - 1861) [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Alle meine Entchen", 2009 [medium voice and piano], from Kinderlieder, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "All my little ducklings", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 28
Word count: 100

All my little ducklings

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

All my little ducklings,
Swimming in the lake,
Heads dunk in the water,
As little tails do shake.

All my little doves,
Cooing in the eaves,
One flies up, away,
And then another leaves.

All my little chickens
Scratch about in straw;
Finding yummy seeds,
They chuckle and guffaw.

All my little geese
Waddle to and fro,
Seeking some nice splashy pond
To fatten as they grow.

All my little froggies
Hop hither and yon,
Crying out quite loudly,
Croaking on and on.

All my dollies,
Susi and Marie,
Sleep now in their cradle,
Till they wake with me.

All the little children
Dance the hours away,
Prancing filled with joy
Throughout a summer's day.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "All my little ducklings", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz (1780 - 1861)
- Go to the text page.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 28
Word count: 115