The little angels have made up the bed

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Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Englein haben's Bett gemacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Die Englein haben's Bett gemacht,
die Federn fliegen 'runter,
die Englein haben's Bett gemacht.
Alle Tag' da schlafen sie,
zur Nacht, zur Nacht da sind sie munter.
Wären sie nicht munter zur Nacht,
wer hätte dann mein Kind bewacht?

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Die Englein" [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Beim Schneewetter", op. 4 no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, Heft II, no. 2, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Beim Schneewetter", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 6 (1903-4) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (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: 7
Word count: 39

The little angels have made up the bed

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The little angels have made up the bed,
The feathers are flying down upon us,
The little angels have made up the bed,
Every day they sleep,
At night, at night they are up and about.
If they weren’t up and about at night,
Who would then have watched over my child?

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Translated titles:
"Die Englein" = "The little angels"
"Beim Schneewetter" = "When it’s snowing"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-10
Line count: 7
Word count: 52