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Die Mädchen in Deutschland sind blühend und schön, Zu Küssen laden sie ein, Und wenn sie im wogenden Tanze sich drehn, So rühren sie Herzen von Stein. Doch die mir vor Allen Am besten gefallen, Ist Hannchen, Lieb Hannchen, Schön Hannchen, mein Hannchen allein. Die Mädchen in Deutschland sind nicht so kokett, Wie jene dort über dem Rhein, Sie tragen sich sittsam, bescheiden und nett, Und Kleider und Herzen sind rein. Doch die mir vor Allen Am besten gefallen, Ist Hannchen, Lieb Hannchen, Schön Hannchen, mein Hannchen allein. Die Mädchen in Deutschland sind häuslich und gut, Und bist du entschlossen zu frei'n, So nimm dir ein Mädchen aus deutschem Blut, Du wirst es gewiß nicht bereun! Ach! keine von Allen Hat so mir gefallen, Wie Hannchen, Lieb Hannchen, Schön Hannchen, mein Hannchen allein.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with W. Gerhard's Gedichte, Erster Band, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1826, pages 103-104
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Hannchen vor Allen", appears in Gedichte, in Euterpe: Lieder und Romanzen, first published 1826 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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The maidens in Germany are blooming and lovely, They invite you to kiss them, And when they twirl in the surging dance, They can move hearts of stone. But the one who before all others Pleased me the most, Is Hannah, Dear Hannah, Lovely Hannah, my Hannah alone. The maidens in Germany are not as coquettish And those across the Rhine, They comport themselves demurely, modestly and nicely, And their garments and hearts are pure. But the one who before all others Pleased me the most, Is Hannah, Dear Hannah, Lovely Hannah, my Hannah alone. The maidens in Germany are housewifely and good, And if you have resolved to marry, Then take a maiden of German blood, You shall surely not rue it! Ah! none of them all Pleased me as much As Hannah, Dear Hannah, Lovely Hannah, my Hannah alone.
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"Hannchen vor Allen" = "Dear Hannah above all the rest"
"Hannchen über Alles" = "Dear Hannah above everything"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Hannchen vor Allen", appears in Gedichte, in Euterpe: Lieder und Romanzen, first published 1826
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This text was added to the website: 2018-02-06
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Word count: 143