[Bählämmchen,]1 Bock,
[Verehr]2 mir deinen Rock.
Soll ich denn meinen Pelz verlieren?
Und im kalten Winter frieren?
[Bählämmchen,]1 Bock.

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Confirmed with Die deutschen Volksbücher, Gesammelt und ihrer ursprünglichen Echtheit wiederhergestellt von Karl Simrock, Neunter Band, Frankfurt a.M.: Druck und Verlag von Heinr. Ludw. Brönner, 1856, page 146.

¹ Jenner: "Bäh-Lämmchen"
² Jenner: "Geh, gieb"

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• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Bäh-Lämmchen Bock", op. 6 no. 8, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Little baa-lamb, ram", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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