Heia heia wisch wisch wisch
This song is in the Hessian dialect
Heia heia wisch wisch wisch
Sleep, Sleep, Wish, Wish, Wish
Children's Song
Children's Song
(German Dialect)
(English)
Heia heia wisch wisch wisch
Morsche backe mer Fisch Fisch Fisch
Ibermorsche Gänsebrade
Wird de (Name) eengelade
Sleep, Sleep, wish, wish, wish
In the morning, we're baking fish, fish, fish
The day after tomorrow, we're baking goose roast.
We will invite (name).
Notes
Christine sent the following information:
Standard German lyrics
Heia heia wisch wisch wisch
Morgen backen wir Fisch Fisch Fisch
Übermorgen Gänsebraten
Wird die/der* (Name) eingeladen.
Heia = baby language for sleep
wisch wisch wisch= -no meaning; it has to rhyme with "Fisch"
morgen backen wir Fisch = tomorrow we shall bake Fisch Fisch Fisch
morgen = tomorrow
backen = to bake
wir = we
übermorgen = the day after tomorrow
Gänsebraten = goose roast
wird die Mary/der Peter eingeladen = Mary/Peter will be invited (by us)
eingeladen (Passiv of "einladen" = to invite)
Various version seem to exist…
Sometimes it is "Schweinebraten" = pork roast - instead of goose roast
You can also find "Eijen, beijen" instead of "Heia heia" and so on (as you'll see in the score)...
*"die" for a girl's name, "der" for a boy's.
Sheet Music
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Patricia Peters for contributing this song. Many thanks also to Christine von Kannen-Balgar for translating this song, for providing additional information and a score. Thanks to Monique Palomares for the midi.
Vielen Dank!