Es schneit! Es schneit!
Loralee wrote, "Winter is Germany is usually cold and snowy - the ideal Christmas picture card. The Children of Germany have many songs in which they celebrate this great season." Es schneit! Es schneit! is one of them.
Es schneit! Es schneit!
It's Snowing! It's Snowing!
Children's Song
Children's Song
(German)
(English)
Es schneit! Es schneit!
Kommt alle aus dem Haus!
Die Welt, die Welt
Sieht wie gepudert aus.
Es schneit! Es schneit!
Das müßt ihr einfach sehn!
Kommt mit! Kommt mit!
Wir wollen rodeln gehn.
Wir laufen durch die weiße Pracht
und machen eine Schneeballschlacht,
Aber bitte nicht mitten ins Gesicht!
Es schneit! Es schneit!
Kommt alle aus dem Haus!
Die Welt, die Welt
Sieht wie gepudert aus.
Es schneit! Es schneit!
Das müßt ihr einfach sehn!
Kommt mit! Kommt mit!
Wir wollen rodeln gehn.
Wir holen unsre Schlitten 'raus
und laufen in den Wald hinaus
und dann bauen wir den Schneemann
vor die Tür.
Es schneit! Es schneit!
Kommt alle aus dem Haus!
Die Welt, die Welt
Sieht wie gepudert aus.
Es schneit! Es schneit!
Das müßt ihr einfach sehn!
Kommt mit! Kommt mit!
Wir wollen rodeln gehn.
Aus grau wird weiß,
aus laut wird leis'
die Welt wird zugedeckt
und von der Frühlingssonne
wird sie wieder aufgeweckt.
It's snowing! It's snowing!
Come out of the house!
The World, the World
Looks like it's all powdered.
It's snowing! It's snowing!
You need to simply see!
Come on! Come on!
We want to go sledding.
We run through the white splendor
And have a snowball fight,
Abe please not in the middle of the face!
It's snowing! It's snowing!
Come out of the house!
The World, the World
Looks like it's all powdered.
It's snowing! It's snowing!
You need to simply see!
Come on! Come on!
We want to go sledding.
We pick our sleds out
And laughing in the forest,
And then we build a snowman
In front of the door.
It's snowing! It's snowing!
Come out of the house!
The World, the World
Looks like it's all powdered.
It's snowing! It's snowing!
You need to simply see!
Come on! Come on!
We want to go sledding.
Out of gray is white,
Out loudness is silence,
The World is covered up
And not until the spring sun
Is it going to be bright.
Notes
Here's a rhyming version of this song:
It snows! It snows!
Come out and see how grand!
The world, the world
A powdered wonderland.
It snows! It snows!
You have to see this now
Come along! Come along!
We're going sled - ding - wow!
We will run through the fields of white
And have a good old snowball fight
We will throw and chase - just not in the face!
It snows! It snows!
Come out and see how grand!
The world, the world
A powdered wonderland.
It snows! It snows!
You have to see this now
Come along! Come along!
We're going sled - ding - wow!
We are getting our sleds all out
Laughing, shouting, we slide a - bout.
A snowman we will build
We are getting chilled!
It snows! It snows!
Come out and see how grand!
The world, the world
A powdered wonderland.
It snows! It snows!
You have to see this now
Come along! Come along!
We're going sled-ding-wow!
What's grey- is white
What's dark- is bright
The world - is covered up -
- until the early spring sun
Comes out to wake it up.
It snows! It snows!
Come out and see how grand!
The world, the world
A powdered wonderland.
It snows! It snows!
You have to see this now
Come along! Come along!
We're going sled-ding-wow!
It snows! It snows! It snows!
Comments
We believe the lyrics and music were written by Rolf Zuckowski (all rights reserved).
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Loralee Jo Kurzius for contributing this song and for translating the rhyming version in English. (Loralee wrote: "I don't have a problem with anybody using my translation for non-commercial/non-profit purposes.")
Thanks to Gracie for the wonderful illustration!
Vielen Dank!
