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Sonnenlied

Language: German

Sonne, Sonne, scheine,
Fahr über Rheine,
Fahr übers Glockenhaus,
Gucken drei schöne [Puppen]1 raus.
[Eine]2 die spinnt Seiden,
Die andre wickelt Weiden,
Die andre geht ans Brünnchen,
Findt ein goldig Kindchen!
Wer solls heben?
Die Töchter aus dem Löwen.
Wer soll die Windeln wäschen?
Die alte Schneppertäschen.


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1 Weismann: "Mädchen"
2 Weismann: "Die eine"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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