Good miners | Good miners, we sit

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by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Fromme Bergleute

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Fromme Bergleut', sitzen wir
Hier in trautem Rund',
Haben Wein und haben Bier
Und sehr durst'gen Mund.
 
Fromme Bergleut' trinken gern
Wenn die Gläser voll,
Preisen auch darnach den Herrn,
Wie ein Jeder soll.
 
Fromme Bergleut' küssen auch
Gern ein schönes Kind,
Ist’s doch alter Bergmann'sbrauch [sic],
Wie noch viele sind.
 
Fromme Bergleut' sind auch noch
Freunde vom Gesang,
Singen d'rum, befreit vom Joch,
Ganze Nächte lang.
 
Fromme Bergleut' thun allein
Dieß zum Lob des Herrn,
Nur die Zeche für den Wein
Zahlt kein Einz'ger gern.

Confirmed with Aus der Teufe. Bergmännische Dichtungen von Dr. Johann Nep. Vogl, zweite vermehrte Auflage, Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1856, pages 12-14

Text Authorship:

by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Fromme Bergleute", appears in Aus der Teufe. Bergmännische Dichtungen [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):

possibly by Adolf Müller, sen. (1801 - 1886), "Fromme Bergleute" [soli, chorus, piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Good miners", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Good miners

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Good miners, we sit
Here in a cosy circle,
We have wine and we have beer
And a very thirsty mouth.
 
Good miners like drinking
When the glasses are full,
Afterwards they praise the Lord
As everyone should.
 
Good miners also like
Kissing a lovely girl,
For it is an old custom of miners,
As there are many more [old customs].
 
Good miners are as well
Friends of singing,
Therefore they sing, freed from the yoke of toil,
Whole nights through.
 
Good miners do this solely
To the praise of the Lord,
But not a single one of them likes
Paying the bill for the wine.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Fromme Bergleute", appears in Aus der Teufe. Bergmännische Dichtungen
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-27
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Word count: 106