Wann ich vun dem Land rei kumm
No war ich en armer Mann
No kaf ich mir en Hinckel
Un fang des Hausen a
Wann di Leid mich froje deede
Wie mei Hinckel heest
Gickerigie heest mei gleines Hinckelie
Wann ich vun dem Land rei kumm
No war ich en armer Mann
No kaf ich mir en End
Un fang des Hausen a
Wann di Leid mich froje deede
Wie mei Endli heest
Endli Bendli heest mei Endli
Gickerigie heest mei gleines Hinckelie
and so on...
Kuh...Uff un Zu
Genzel...Schtumm Schwenzel
Gaul...Hawwer Maul
Hund...Immer Gsund
Haus...Rei un Naus
Wann ich vun dem Land rei kumm
No war ich en armer Mann
No grie ich mir en Fra
Un fang des Hausen a
Wann di Leid mich froje deede
Wie mei Weiwel heest
Hell Deiwel heest mei Weiwel
Rei un Naus heest mei Haus
Immer Gsund heest mei Hund
Hawwer Maul heest mei Gaul
Shtumm Schwenzel heest mei Genzel
Uff un Zu heest mei Kuh
Endli Bendli heest mei Endli
Gickerigie heest mei gleines Hinckelie | 1. When I came to this country
I was a poor man;
Then I bought a chicken
And began housekeeping.
Should the people ask
The name of my chicken,
Gickerigie is the name of my little chicken.
2. When I came to this country
I was a poor man;
Then I bought a duck
And began housekeeping.
Should the people ask
The name of my little duck,
End-of-the-String is the name of my little duck,
Gickerigie is the name of my little chicken.
3. Then I bought a cow...Open-and-Shut is the name of my cow
End-of-the-String is the name of my little duck, etc.
4. Then I bought a little goose...Bobtail is the name of my little goose,
Open-and-Shut is the name of my cow, etc.
5. Then I bought a horse...Oats-Mouth is the name of my horse.
Bobtail is the name of my little goose, etc.
6. Then I bought a dog...Always-Well is the name of my dog.
Oats-Mouth is the name of my horse, etc.
7. Then I bought a house...In-and-Out is the name of my house,
Always-Well is the name of my dog, etc.
8. When I came to this country
I was a poor man;
Then I got a wife
And began housekeeping.
Should the people ask
The name of my little wife,
Hell-Devil is the name of my wife,
In-and-Out is the name of my house,
Always-Well is the name of my dog,
Oats-Mouth is the name of my horse,
Bobtail is the name of my little goose,
Open-and-Shut is the name of my cow,
End-of-the-String is the name of my little duck,
Gickerigie is the name of my little chicken.
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