The german poet Christian Morgenstern lived from 1871 to 1914 and is particularly famous for his farcical "Galgenlieder" ("Galloway Songs") from which we have cited several poems here. We found the excellent english translations in the small volume
Christian Morgenstern
Galloway Songs and Other Poems
(Galgenlieder und andere Gedichte)
selected and translated by Max Knight
R. Piper & Co. Verlag
Munich, 3rd ed. 1977
ISBN 3-492-01968-4
This german edition is based on Max Knight's volumes
Christian Morgenstern's Galgenlieder
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles
1963 (5th ed. 1966)
and
The Great Lalula
G.P.Putnam's Sons
New York 1969