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Auf dem Wege vom Tanzsaal nach Haus Ruht sich auf dem Steine aus Die hübsche Margreth. Sie öffnet ein wenig das stramme Mieder, Daß kühl über die weißen Glieder Der Nachtwind weht. Desselben Weges kommt auch der Junker, Mit Troddeln am Hut und vielem Geflunker, Und sieht den Stein, Und auf dem Steine das schmucke Kind; Und wie der Blitz geschwind Fällt ihm was ein. Das liebe Mädchen hatte geschlafen, Doch wie sie des Junkers Augen trafen, Ist sie erwacht. Erst schreit sie und will feldein; Ich denke, wir lassen die beiden allein In der Sommernacht.
Confirmed with Detlev von Liliencron, Adjutantenritte, Zweite Auflage, Berlin, Schuster & Loeffler, 1896, pages 48-49.
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On the way home from the dance hall The lovely Margret Rests upon the stone. She loosens her tight bodice a little So that the cool night-wind may Waft over her white limbs. Along the same road comes as well a young squire With baubles on his hat and many fibs, And sees the stone, And upon the stone, the picture-perfect child; And as rapid as lightning Something comes to his mind. The dear maiden had been sleeping, But as the squire's eyes fell upon her, She awoke. At first she screams and wants to run off over the fields; I think we shall leave the two of them alone In the summer night.
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