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There are many sleepy little birds, Sleeply little birds, sleepy little birds. So go to sleep, my little one. Come down, sleepy little birds, and sleep on her soft eyes. That she may sleep the lifelong day, That she may sleep the lifelong night.
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961), "Asya's Lullaby", from Circle of Life - Songs and Hymns based on Spiritual Texts, Wisdom and Poetry of the Native American People, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Thomas Schubert) , "Asya's Wiegenlied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Maria Nimmerfall
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 44
Da sind viele schläfrige kleine Vöglein, kleine Vöglein, kleine Vöglein, so schlaf auch du ein, kleiner Liebling. Kommt herab, ihr schläfrigen kleinen Vöglein, und schlaft auf ihren weichen Äuglein! Damit sie gut schlafen mögen den lebenslangen Tag, die lebenslange Nacht.
Authorship
- by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961), "Asya's Wiegenlied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Maria Nimmerfall
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 40