German Children's Songs, Vol. 1

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"“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