Mückentanz

Dideldum!
Summ summ summ!
Das ist zum Entzücken!
Wie tanzen die Mücken,
Die schnellen Gesellen
So leise im Kreise,
So wohlig, so munter
Hinauf und herunter!

Dideldum! Dideldum!
Summ summ!
Immer herum,
Dideldum!
Immer herum,
Summ summ!

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874) , "Mückentanz", from Kinderlieder

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

by Ludwig Erk (1807-1883) , "Mückentanz", published 1874 [voice and piano], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 64.

Date added to the website: 2009-09-11.

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