German Children's Songs

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"“Eine Kleine Kindermusik”: Children’s Songs from Germany"

Ernst Wolff (1905–1991), a classically trained singer of opera and German lieder, recorded a total of five albums of German songs for Folkways from 1959 to 1961. Two of the recordings focus on children’s music. Accompanying himself on the piano, he devotes his first volume of the collection largely to animals— a musical menagerie featuring cats, birds, horses, rabbits, and others. The liner notes include the German lyrics along with their English translation.

Track Listing

101	A, B, C Die Katze Lief Ernst Wolff	00:48
102	Backe, Backe Kuchen Ernst Wolff	00:48
103	Hoppe, Hoppe Reiter Ernst Wolff	00:57
104	Das Steckenferd Ernst Wolff	01:18
105	Heile, Heile Segen Ernst Wolff	00:57
106	Bauerlein, Tick, Tick Ernst Wolff	01:28
107	Summ Summ Bienchen Ernst Wolff	01:08
108	Hanschen Klein Geht Allien Ernst Wolff	01:24
109	Ratsle Ernst Wolff	01:02
201	Fuchs, Du Hast die Gans Gestohlen Ernst Wolff	01:05
202	Gretel, Pastele Ernst Wolff	00:55
203	Kommt, ein Vogel Geflogen Ernst Wolff	00:58
204	Hasleins Klage Ernst Wolff	02:06
205	Der Wettstreit Ernst Wolff	01:22
206	Kuckuck Ernst Wolff	00:57
207	Frau Schwalbe ist 'Ne Schwatzerin Ernst Wolff	01:30
208	Das Lied Von Den Zwei Hasen Ernst Wolff	01:31
209	Alle Vogel Sind Schon Da Ernst Wolff	01:51