On the wall on the wait

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Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer is a children's song based on the principle of the gap text song .

In the course of the song, one sound is removed from the words “bug” and “dance” for each stanza, until finally a break has to be made. In a more difficult variant, “an” and “can” are shortened accordingly. The song can also be used as a pawn game: if you make a mistake leaving out the sounds, you have to give a deposit.

  1. Bug, on, dance, can
  2. Bug, on, dance, can - this step is often skipped.
  3. Wanz, on, dance, can
  4. Wan, an, tan, can
  5. Wa, a, ta, ka
  6. W, -, t, k
  7. -, -, -, -

The oldest known print of the song is by Georg Lehmann: Nuremberg children's songs in the magazine Das Bayerland (Volume I, 1890). From the beginning of the 20th century it can also be detected in Silesia, Saxony, Württemberg, Baden and Lower Austria.

In the GDR, the song was sometimes sung with an ironic reference to the Berlin Wall and the Stasi , since the term “bug” can also be used colloquially for a listening device .

The song is thematically related to the play song Look at the sackcloth and the drinking ritual song Behind the stove is an old satchel .

Text and melody

\ relative f '{\ key f \ major \ time 2/4 \ autoBeamOff f8 ffgaaaagfga f4 f \ break a8 aa bes cccc bes a bes c a4 a \ break c8 cccdd d4 bes8 bes bes cc c4 \ break f, 8 ffgaaaagfga f4 f \ bar "|." } \ addlyrics {There's a little bug on the wall, on the run. There's a little bug on the wall, on the run. Just look at the bug, how the bug can dance! There's a little bug on the wall, on the run. }

There
is a little bug on the wall, lying in wait .
There
is a little bug on the wall, lying in wait .
Just look at the bug,
how the bug can dance!
There
is a little bug on the wall, lying in wait .

On the wall, on the lookout
sits a little bug ...
On the wall, on the lookout
sits a little bug ...
Just look at the bug ... at
how the bug ... can ... dance!
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little bug ...

On the wall, on the watch
sits a little wan ...
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little wan ...
Just look at the wan ...
like the wan ... tan ... can!
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little wan ...

On the wall, on the watch
sits a little wa ...
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little wa ...
Just look at the wa ... a ...,
like the wa ... ta ... ka ...!
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little Wa ...

On the wall, on the watch
sits a little W ...
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little W ...
Just look at the W ... ...
how the W ... t ... k ...!
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little W ...

On the wall, on the watch
sits a small one ...
On the wall, on the watch
sits a little one ...
Just look at them ... ...,
like them ... ... ...!
On the wall, in wait,
sits a little ...

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann : The book of children's songs . Schott, Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-254-08370-8 , p. 223.
  2. ↑ a b Theo Mang, Sunhilt Mang (ed.): Der Liederquell . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0850-8 , pp. 714 f .
  3. ↑ Lutz Rathenow : In front of the wall on the lookout . In: Die Welt August 12, 2001 ( online , accessed June 28, 2013).
  4. ↑ On the wall, on the lookout at volksliederarchiv.de

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