
Lyrics - German
(German folk tune, Otto Frömmel)
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.
English Translation - Little Hans
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
- Country: Germany
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: tonic triad / ascending major pentascale / repeated tones
- Meter: 4
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfs
- Same tune: Lightly Row
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- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

