Musik: "Fahret hin" bei Büsching u. v. der Hagen 1807; teilweise schon veröffentlicht 1711
Text: Franz Wiedemann 1821-1882
Text: Franz Wiedemann 1821-1882
- Little John, he has gone
out to see the world alone.
Staff and hat, look at that,
he's one happy cat.
But his mommy cries a lot,
now she has no Johnny got:
"Fortune find, but you mind,
come back to your kind." - Seven years, joy and tears,
John in many lands appears.
Then he thought, that he ought
to go home and got.
But now he's no Johnny small,
no, he is now big John tall.
Tall and tanned, face and hand.
Will they know this man? - One, two, three pass and see,
don't know who this man might be.
Even Sis: "Who is this?"
knows not who he is.
Then along comes mother dear,
barely sees his eyes so clear,
says: "My son, welcome home,
God bless you my son."
Schlagworte: englisch, Geschichten, Kinderlied, Märchen und Mythen