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An old fairy tale/folk story recorded by the Brothers Grimm in their 1819 edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen''.  
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An old fairy tale/folk story first recorded by the Brothers Grimm in their 1819 edition of ''Kinder und Hausmärchen''.  
  
 
A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all old, decide to go to the German town of Bremen and start new lives. On their journey they need somewhere to stay the night and come to a house where a bunch of robbers are enjoying their ill-gotten goods. The animals "sing" for the men, scaring them away, and the animals live happily ever after in the house off of the robbers' stuff.  
 
A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all old, decide to go to the German town of Bremen and start new lives. On their journey they need somewhere to stay the night and come to a house where a bunch of robbers are enjoying their ill-gotten goods. The animals "sing" for the men, scaring them away, and the animals live happily ever after in the house off of the robbers' stuff.  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen Wikipedia article]
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen Wikipedia article]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguB6wLxicU The Muppet Musicians of Bremen on YouTube]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguB6wLxicU The Muppet Musicians of Bremen on YouTube]
 
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*[https://archive.org/stream/kinderundhausmr11grimgoog#page/n210/ 1843 German edition]
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*[https://archive.org/details/germanpopulartal11grim 1853 English translation]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:03, 23 April 2018

An old fairy tale/folk story first recorded by the Brothers Grimm in their 1819 edition of Kinder und Hausmärchen.

A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all old, decide to go to the German town of Bremen and start new lives. On their journey they need somewhere to stay the night and come to a house where a bunch of robbers are enjoying their ill-gotten goods. The animals "sing" for the men, scaring them away, and the animals live happily ever after in the house off of the robbers' stuff.

There have been many versions and retellings of this tale, including a 1972 television special Muppet version, The Muppet Musicians of Bremen.

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