Bänkelsänger Willie
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Scottish (Scots)
"O Bänkelsänger Willie!
Du ziehst zum Jahrmarkt aus;
Du willst deine Geige verkaufen;
O Willie, bleibe zu Haus!"
Doch wie man für die Geige
Schon blankes Silber ihm reicht,
Da wird dem armen Willie
Das Auge von Thränen feucht.
"O Willie, verkauf' deine Geige,
Verkauf' mir die Geige fein!
O Willie, verkauf' deine Geige
Und kauf' dir ein Schöppchen Wein!"
Nein! nimmer verkauf' ich die Geige!
Mich träfe zu harter Schlag:
Ich hatte mit meiner Geige
Schon manchen glücklichen Tag.
"Jüngst lugt' ich in der Schenke;
Sie saßen um den Tisch,
Und obenan saß Willie,
Und sang und geigte frisch.
Sie lauschten seinen Tönen;
Wie glühte jedes Gesicht! --
O Bänkelsänger Willie,
Verkauf deine Geige nicht!"
Translation(s): DUT ENG
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Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, pages 102-103
Submitted by Dr. Gerrit den Hartogh and Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Authorship
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Bänkelsänger Willie", op. posth. 146 (Romanzen und Balladen für Chor (Heft 4)) no. 2 (1849), published 1860 [SATB chorus], Elberfeld, Arnold [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kermiszanger Willie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ballad-monger Willie", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2004-07-04.
Last modified: 2016-11-30 10:05:08
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Word count: 116
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Ballad‑monger Willie
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
"Oh ballad-monger Willie!
You travel to the fair;
You wish to sell your fiddle;
Oh Willie, stay at home!"
But as they already offer him
Shiny silver for his fiddle,
Poor Willie’s eyes
Fill with tears.
"Oh Willie, sell your fiddle,
Sell me your fiddle fine!
Oh Willie, sell your fiddle
And buy yourself a beaker of wine!"
No! never shall I sell my fiddle!
It would be too hard a blow:
With my fiddle I have passed
Many a happy day in the past.
"I recently peered into the tavern;
They were all sitting around the table,
And at their head sat Willie,
And sang and fiddled merrily.
They harkened to his tones,
How every face glowed! --
Oh ballad-monger Willie!
Do not sell your fiddle!"
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Text added to the website: 2016-11-30.
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