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Thread #78070 Message #3597147
Posted By: Allan C.
31-Jan-14 - 04:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: German Nursery Rhymes
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: German Nursery Rhymes
Here is one I learned through a friend. I'll put the lyrics here and then follow with a link that also features the tune. As I learned it, it is generally sung while bouncing a child on one's knee. When arriving at the final "plumps" you suddenly straighten out your leg while holding tightly to the child, giving them a sensation of falling.
Hoppa, hoppa Reiter, Fällt er hin so schreit er, Fällt er von dem Pferde, Liegt er auf der Erde, Fällt er in das grüne Gras, Macht er sich sein Pelzchen naß, Fällt er in den Sumpf, Macht der Reiter plumps!