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"Brother, Come and Dance with Me" (German: Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir) is a popular German children's song that originated in about 1800 in Thuringia. [1]The German composer Engelbert Humperdinck adapted the song for a duet between Hänsel and Gretel in the first act of his 1893 opera Hänsel und Gretel. [2]
In 1900, an abridged version in two stanzas by Otto Frömmel (1873–1940) became a nursery song for children to sing in kindergarten. Today, a single-verse form is widely used. [1] The melody of "Hänschen klein" is used in "Lightly Row", a Mother Goose rhyme. The melody is used in the war movie Cross of Iron (1977). [2]
Pages in category "German children's songs" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Baby Shark;
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet" ("Oh, come, little children") is a German Christmas carol. The lyrics were written by Catholic priest and writer Christoph von Schmid in 1798. His poem " Die Kinder bei der Krippe " (The children at the manger) had originally eight verses and was first published in 1811.
This irregularity is common in folk songs when litany-like prose texts are set to music. Familiar songs that use this effect are significantly stronger than that with a relatively simple three-bar song, examples like "Backe, backe Kuchen" include "Der Bauer schickt den Jockel aus " or the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
German children's songs (1 C, 23 P) German country music songs ... English-language German songs (43 C, 99 P) B. Ardian Bujupi songs (1 P) C. Comedian Harmonists ...
A German-language ditty for children "The Schnitzelbank Song" is popular among German Americans with an interest in learning or teaching German to their offspring. It is often sung by adults for entertainment and nostalgia. Versions were published in the United States at least as early as 1900. [2]
Der Kuckuck und der Esel (The cuckoo and the donkey) is a well known old German children's song from the early 19th century. Its text was written by Hoffmann von Fallersleben in 1835, the melody had already been composed by Carl Friedrich Zelter in 1810. The song is about a singing contest between a cuckoo and a donkey.