Song
- Today do I bake, to-morrow I brew,
- The day after that the queen's child comes in;
- And oh! I am glad that nobody knew
- That the name I am called is Rumpelstiltskin!
However, most American children today know it as:
- Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
- And then the child away I'll take;
- For little knows my royal dame
- Rumpelstiltskin is my name!
(German:
- Heute back ich, morgen brau ich,
- Übermorgen hol ich mir der Königin ihr Kind;
- Ach, wie gut, dass niemand weiß,
- dass ich Rumpelstilzchen heiß)
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