by
Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)
Auf Vaters Knien
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Hopp, mein Reiter, immer zu,
Pferdchen kennt ja keine Ruh,
will nur immer weiter traben
lustig über Feld und Graben,
bald Galopp und bald im Trab
bautz! da fällt der Reiter ab!
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921), "Auf Vaters Knien", 1909-10, from Kinderlieder, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Auf Vaters Knien", op. 15 no. 5, published 1907/8 [voice and piano], from Ringelreihen: 21 Kinderlieder von Albert Sergel, no. 5, München: Wunderhornverlag [
text not verified
]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , title 1: "On father's lap", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 32
On father's lap
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Hopp, little rider, off we go,
the horse gets no rest,
it is going to keep trotting
merrily over the fields and ditches,
now a gallop, now a trot,
whoops! the rider has fallen off!
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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-12
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Word count: 35