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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Was haben wir Gänse für Kleider an?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Was haben wir Gänse für Kleider an?
gi, ga, gack.
Wir gehen barfuß allezeit
in einem weißen Federkleid,
gi, ga, gack.
Wir haben nur einen Frack.

Was trinken wir Gänse für einen Wein?
gi, ga, gack.
Wir trinken nur den stärksten Wein,
der ist der Gigagänsewein,
gi, ga, gack.
ist stärker als Rum und Arrak.

Was essen wir Gänse für eine Kost?
gi, ga, gack.
Im Sommer geh'n wir auf die Au,
im Winter speist die Bauersfrau,
gi, ga, gack,
Uns aus dem Hafersack.

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874) [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), "Was haben wir Gänse für Kleider an?", 2009 [medium voice and piano], from Kinderlieder, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "What do we geese wear for clothes?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
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Word count: 84

What do we geese wear for clothes?

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What do we geese wear for clothes?
Ha-hee-honk!
We go quite barefoot, heels and toes,
In our snow-white feathery pose,
Ha-hee-honk!
As everybody knows!

What do we geese drink for wine?
Ha-hee-honk!
What we drink is goose-glog fine,
From our own gi-ga-goosey stein,
Ha-hee-honk!
Not rum, Arrack nor fruit of the vine!

From what goose cuisine do we eat?
Ha-hee-honk!
In summer the fields are quite replete;
In winter oats are strewn at our feet.
Ha-hee-honk!
Mrs. Farmer's oat sack is so sweet!

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "What do we geese wear for clothes?", 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 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 83