Es war einmal ein Bock, ein Bock

Es war einmal ein Bock, ein Bock,
Der fraß an einem Blumenstock, der Bock.
Musik, du lichte Blumenzier,
Wie schmatzt der Bock voll Schmausegier!
Er möchte gar vermessen
Die Blüten alle, alle fressen.
Du liebe Blüte wehre dich,
Du Bock und Gierschlung, schere dich!
Schere dich, du Bock!
Schere dich, du Bock! 
Du liebe Blüte, wehre dich!
Du Bock und Gierschlung schere dich, du Bock!

Input by Matthias Fletzberger

Authorship

by Alfred Kerr (1867-1948) , title unknown

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

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , no title, op. 66 no. 1 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 1.

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