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Topic: Tunes...?
Posted By: Juliet
Subject: Tunes...?
Date Posted: 8/27/04 at 4:22pm

Is anyone here familiar with the play Kindertransport? Does anyone know where I can get the music to the two songs in the show? Thank you! 




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Posted By: Juliet
Date Posted: 8/28/04 at 2:03pm

one of the songs in it is like, a german children's song. it starts like this:

Hoppe hoppe reiter

Wenn er felt en schreider

fressen ihn die graben

that's the firs three lines. anyone know it?



Posted By: estereich
Date Posted: 9/12/04 at 12:30pm

My wife is from Germany.  She was familiar with the song mentioned above in as much as her parents used to sing it to her while bouncing her on their knee as an infant.  The song was sung traditionally to make the infant laugh as they were dropped (and lovingly caught) from a parent's lap.  She did suggest a few changes to the lines above.

Hoppe, hoppe Reiter (hop, hop rider)

Wenn er faellt dann schreit er. (when he falls he cries)

Faellt er in den Graben (if he falls in a ditch)

fressen ihn die Raben (the crows will eat him)

Macht der Reiter plumps (the rider goes "BUMP")

faellt er in den Sumpf (and falls into the swamp)

Cute eh?  I don't know if this is helpful, nor am I remotely familiar with any stage production in which the song is sung.  To find music for it, you might look for a book of traditional German children songs.



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peace



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