Die Geschichte vom Daumenlutscher

by Heinrich Hoffmann.

A poem from from a famous German book of educational poetry, called "Der Struwwelpeter", from 1846.

Performed by GenghisKhan Ormsby and Silke Hartung, recorded by Greg Callinan at Toi Ora Live Art Trust Studios, completely unrehearsed.

Website www.toiora.org.nz

Translation:
"Konrad!" cried his mamma dear,
"I'll go out, but you stay here,
Try how pretty you can be
Till I come again," said she.
"Docile be, and good and mild,
Pray don't suck your thumb, my child,
For if you do, the tailor'll come
And bring his shears and snip your thumb
From off your hand as clear and clean
As if paper it had been."

Before she'd turned the south,
He'd got his thumbkin in his mouth!

Bang! here goes the door ker-slam!
Whoop! the tailor lands ker-blam!
Waves his shears, the heartless grub,
and calls for Dawmen-lutscher-bub.
Claps his weapon to the thumb,
Snips it square as head of grum,
While that lad his tongue unfurled
And fired a yell heard 'round the world.

Who can tell mother's sorrow
When she saw her boy the morrow!
There he stood all steeped in shame,
And not a thumbkin to his name.

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[notwatyomomsed]

Now he has no sumbs, good night

[DBXguy]

holy shit family guy didnt make this up

[Elezistyle]

@DBXguy nooo they didnt! And the book where this was written is damn brutal. I always read it when I was a kid... xD

[derWahreSirRichfield]

@SuperJD231 wenn ers kann

[rlt34]

what!? this shit is real? wtf germans?

[SuperJD231]

darf er sich jetzt noch am schwanz lutschen

[HKMetall]

JAJA und soo werden wir deutschen erzogen!

[sanjosesharks39]

@animeseekeralin LOL it actually is a real German bedtime story from the book, "Der Struwwelpeter." You can google it and read the pdf version online.

[derWahreSirRichfield]

@DBXguy nope =P its one of the stories in the children's book "Der Struwwelpeter" from 1845 =D