Lyrics

Hänschen klein
ging allein
in die weite Welt hinein.
Stock und Hut
stehn ihm gut,
ist gar wohlgemut.
Aber Mutter weinet sehr,
hat ja nun kein Hänschen mehr.
Da besinnt
sich das Kind,
kehrt nach Haus geschwind.

Translation

Little Hans
went alone
out into the wide world.
Staff and hat
suit him well.
He is in good spirits.
But his mother cries so much,
for she no longer has little Hans.
Look! the child
changes his mind
and returns home quickly. (source)

See also

• German songs
• same tune: Lightly Row
• songs with the tonic triad in the melody
• songs with the major pentascale (going up) in the melody
• songs with repeated tones in the melody
• songs with chords I & V

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