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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG
  Mich zieht es nach dem [Dorfe]1 hin,
In's Gärtchen, wo sie oft erschien;
Mich zieht es nach dem [Dorfe]1 hin
Und meiner süßen, holden Jean!
Und Niemand wisse, ahne kaum,
Woher ich kam, wohin ich geh',
Als Liebchen, das ich dort am Baum
Verstohlen meiner harren seh'.

  Ja, zu der Eiche wird sie gehn,
Wohin wir heimlich uns bestellt. --
Wie doch bei jedem Wiedersehn
Mein Liebchen doppelt mir gefällt!
Mich zieht es nach dem [Dorfe]1 hin,
In's Gärtchen, wo sie oft erschien:
Mich zieht es nach dem [Dorfe]1 hin,
[Zu]2 meiner süßen, holden Jean!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   O. Dresel •   R. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, page 223

1 Dresel, Schumann: "Dörfchen"
2 Dresel: "Und"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Heimliches Wiedersehen", from Robert Burns' Gedichte: deutsch von W. Gerhard, first published 1840 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
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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 Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin", 1848, published 1892 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath (1818 - 1896), "Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin ", op. 3 (6 Lieder von R. Burns für Tenor oder Sopran) no. 2, published 1841 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin", op. 55 no. 3 (1846), published 1847 [ SATB chorus ], from Fünf Lieder nach Robert Burns für gemischten Chor, no. 3, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ik moet echt naar het dorpje heen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 100

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