Sing with me! These are the most popular lullabies for your baby

Sleep kid sleep

1. Sleep kid sleep.
   The father looks after the sheep,
   the mother shakes the little tree,
   then a little dream falls down.
   Sleep, baby, sleep.
2. Sleep kid sleep.
   The sheep
   move in the sky, the little stars are the little lambs,
   the moon is the little shepherd.
   Sleep kid sleep.
3. Sleep kid sleep.
   So I’ll give you a sheep
   with a golden bell,
   that’ll be your playmate.
   Sleep kid sleep.

Text: from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”

the moon has risen

1. The moon has risen,
   the golden stars are shining
   bright and clear in the sky.
   The forest stands black and silent , and the white mist rises wonderfully
   from the meadows .
2. How is the world so quiet
   and in the twilight shell
   so cozy and so lovely.
   As a quiet chamber where you should sleep through and forget
   the misery of the day .
3. Do you see the moon up there?
   It is only half visible
   and yet it is round and beautiful.
   That’s probably how some things are that
   we laugh at confidently
   because our eyes don’t see them.
4. Lay down then, brothers
   , in the name of God.
   The evening breeze is cold.
   God spare us punishment
   and let us sleep peacefully
   and our sick neighbor too.

Text: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)

La Le Lu

1. La-le-lu
   only the man in the moon watches
   when the little babies sleep
   , so sleep too.
2. La-le-lu
   in front of the bed are two shoes
   and they’re just as tired
   go to bed now.Bridge:
   Then the sandman will come too
   , he ‘ll enter the house quietly
   , looking for the most beautiful one from his dreams
3. La-le-lunur the man in the moon watches
   when the little babies sleep
   , so sleep too.

Text: folk song

Do you know how many little stars there are?

1. Do you know how many stars are
   in the blue sky?
   Do you know how many clouds go
   far across the world?
   The Lord God counted them so
   that he was not missing one
   of the whole large number,
   of the whole large number.
2. Do you know how many mosquitoes play
   in the bright sun?
   How many little fish cool themselves
   in the bright flood of water?
   The Lord God called them by name,
   that they all came into being.
   That they are so happy now,
   that they are so happy now.
3. Do you know how many children get up early
   from their little bed so
   that they can be happy during the day without worry or effort
   ?
   God in heaven delights in all
   .
   Knows you too and loves you,
   knows you too and loves you.

Text: Wilhelm Hey (1837)

Good evening Good Night

1. Good evening, good night,
   adorned with roses,
   studded with nails,
   slip under the deck! Tomorrow morning, if God wills,
   you will be awakened again.
   Tomorrow morning, if God wills,
   you will be awakened again.
2. Good evening, good night,
   your bed is made,
   all friends want to rest now,
   I wish you good dreams! Tomorrow morning,
   the new day is already looking forward to you.
   Tomorrow morning,
   the new day is already looking forward to you.

Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808 (1st stanza), Georg Scherer 1824-1909 (2nd stanza)

The little flowers, they are sleeping

1. The little flowers, they are
   already asleep in the moonlight.
   They nod their heads
   on their stalks.
   The blossom tree shakes,
   it whispers as in a dream.
   Sleep, sleep, sleep my little child.
2. The little birds, they sang
   so sweetly in the sunshine.
   They went to rest
   in their little nests.
   The little house cricket in the bottom of the corn,
   it alone announces itself.
   Sleep, sleep, sleep my little child.
3. Sandman sneaks up
   and looks through the little window.
   If somewhere a sweetheart
   doesn’t like to be in bed.
   And where he found another child,
   he threw sand in his eyes.
   Sleep, sleep, sleep my little child.