by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
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Beim Baden
Language: Plattdeutsch 
De Hund mutt sik schuppen,
De Hȩhn mutt sik struppen,
Glatt slickt sik de Kater,
De Fisch geit to Water,
To Water de Fisch,
So blank un so frisch,
So blank un so frisch!

Confirmed with Vœr de Gœrn. Kinderreime alt und neu von Klaus Groth, Leipzig, Georg Wigand's Verlag, 1855, page 39.


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  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "In the bath"


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In the bath
Language: English  after the Plattdeutsch 
Her coat Pussy licketh,
Her dress Putthen picketh,
Our Doggy needs trimming,
The fishes are swimming:
In water so light,
So fresh and so bright!

From the Bronsart von Schellendorf score.

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