Da war des Wohl behagens
Und jeder Freude viel,
Und wo man sah und hörte,
War Sang und Tanz und Spiel.
Denn Alle, Alle freuten
Des frohen Tages sich,
Und Alle, Alle sangen:
Heil unserm Freiderich!
Und Gott im Himmel oben
Erhörte ihr Gebet.
Sein Segen folgt dem Knaben,
Da wo er geht und steht.

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• by Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746 - 1818) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Des kleinen Friedrichs Geburtstag", K. 529 (1787), Title of French translation: "L'anniversaire du petit Friedrich"; title of Dutch translation: "De verjaardag van de kleine Frits".
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• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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