On the wall, lying in wait: text and notes
This song belongs to the genre of cloze songs. In such songs, individual letters, syllables, words or even entire lines and stanzas are »sung« in a variety of variations.
Here you will find the lyrics and sheet music for the children’s song “Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer”.
On the wall on the wait
There ‘s a little bug sitting on the wall, lying in wait .
Look at the bug,
how the bug can dance. There ‘s a little bug sitting
on the wall, lying in wait .
With each repetition of the words »Wanze« and »tanzen«, individual letters at the end of the word are left out: »Wanz tanz«, »Wantan«, »Wa ta«, »W t« etc.; at the end the word is omitted entirely.