Lyrics
Mein hut, der hat drei Ecken,
Drei Ecken hat mein Hut.
Und hätt’ er nicht drei Ecken,
So wär’ er nicht mein Hut!
Translation
My hat, it has three corners,
Three corners has my hat.
And had it not three corners,
It would not be my hat!
Motions
Mein/My – point to me
Hut/hat – hand on head
drei/three – 3 fingers
Ecken/corners – make triangle shape with fingers
nicht/not – shake head no
- 1st time, sing entire song through.
- 2nd time, leave out the first word (“mein”), substituting the motion instead.
- 3rd time, leave out 2 words, substituting 2 motions.
- Continue similarly.
See also
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Song with chords (PDF)
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MIDI file
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