The thoughts are free: text and sheet music to sing together
The melody for this song was originally composed between 1810 and 1820 in Bern. The text, which was first published on southern German leaflets, was first printed together with the melody in 1820.
Here you will find the lyrics and sheet music for the children’s song “The thoughts are free”.
Thoughts are free
1. Thoughts are free!
Who can guess?
They flee by
like nocturnal shadows.
No one can know them,
no hunter can shoot them, the fact
remains:
Thoughts are free!
2. I think what I want
and what makes me happy,
but everything in
silence and as it should.
Nobody can deny my wishes and desires
,
it stays that way:
Thoughts are free!
3. And if I am locked up
in a dark dungeon,
all these are purely
futile works.
Because my thoughts
tear the barriers
and walls in two:
Thoughts are free!
4. That’s why I want to give up my
worries forever
and never want to bother myself
with crickets anymore.
You can
always laugh and joke in your heart
and think:
Thoughts are free!