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Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm den Flug zum Garten hin, da gab es Obst genug. Wenn ich ein hübscher, kleiner Vogel wär, ich säumte nicht, ich täte so wie der. Leimruten-Arglist lauert an dem Ort; der arme Vogel konnte nicht mehr fort. Wenn ich ein hübscher, kleiner Vogel wär, ich säumte doch, ich täte nicht wie der. Der Vogel kam in eine schöne Hand, da tat es ihm, dem Glücklichen, nicht and. Wenn ich ein hübscher, kleiner Vogel wär, ich säumte nicht, ich täte doch wie der.
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel", op. 52 no. 6 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Fischhof (1856 - 1918), "Wenn ich ein kleiner Vogel wär'", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
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- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "A small, pretty bird", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un joli petit oiseau", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 87
A small, pretty bird took flight into the garden - there was fruit enough there. If I were a pretty, small bird, I would not hesitate - I would do just as he did. Malicious lime-twigs lurked in that place; the poor bird could not escape. If I were a pretty, small bird, I would have hesitated, I would not have done that. The bird came into a pretty girl's hand, and it caused him no pain, the lucky thing. If I were a pretty, small bird, I would not hesitate -- I would do just as he did.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Based on:
- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 96