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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Es ritten drei Reiter zum Thore hinaus
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es ritten drei Reiter zum [Thore]1 hinaus,
    Ade!
Feinsliebchen schaute zum Fenster hinaus,
    Ade!
„Und wenn es [denn soll]2 geschieden sein,
So reich mir dein [goldenes]3 Ringelein!
    Ade! Ade! Ade!
Ja, Scheiden und Meiden thut weh.“

„Goldringelein reichen und das thut weh,
    Ade!
Wir beide wir scheiden uns nimmerme,
    Ade!
Und der uns scheidet, das ist der Tod,
Er scheidet so manches [Mündelein]4 rot,
    Ade! Ade! Ade!
Ja, Scheiden und Meiden thut weh.

Es scheidet [so manches Kind aus der Wiegn]5,
    Ade!
[Wann werd' ich mein schwarzbraunes Schätzel doch kriegn]6?
    Ade!
Und ist es nicht morgen, ach wär es doch heut!
Es macht uns allbeiden gar große Freud,
    Ade! Ade! Ade!
Ja, Scheiden und Meiden thut weh.“

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Hiller 

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Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von L. A. v. Arnim und Cl. Brentano. Neu bearbeitet von Anton Birlinger und Wilhelm Crecelius, Erster Band, Wiesbaden, Heinrich Killinger, 1874, page 270.

1 Hiller: "Tor"
2 Hiller: "soll"
3 Hiller: "gold'nes"
4 Hiller: "Mündlein"
5 Hiller: "das Kind in der Wiegen"
6 Hiller: "Wenn werd ich mein schwarzbraunes Mädel doch kriegen"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Drei Reiter am Thor" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Drei Reiter", op. 159 (Acht volksthümliche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by August Bungert, Albert Fuchs, Gustav Mahler.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ] CAT ENG FRE ITA ITA RUS

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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 124

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