from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation Singable translation by William Jarvis Wetmore

Bayrisches Volksliedchen
Language: Bavarian (Boarisch) 
Mei Bua, du hast Augen
wie die Hirschen so braun,
die zu gar nix nich taugen,
als in Spiegel 'nein schau'n.
Mei Bua, bist so keck,
und du bild'st der so viel ein,
als müsst' jede Dirn
g'rad in dich g'schossen sein.

Schön bist du von G'sicht,
und dein Schnauzbart ist fein,
und do g'fallst mer net,
mag dei Schatzerl net sein.
Such' ein' and're, mei Bua,
und lass mich nur in Ruh',
's gibt Mad'ln g'rad gnua,
geh' lass mich nur in Ruh'.

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Bavarian folksong
Language: English  after the Bavarian (Boarisch) 
My sweetheart has eyes
like the bewitching gazelle,
with eyes brown and sparkling,
yet they please me not well.
He looks in the mirror
his beauty to see
and dreams, ev'ry maiden
his captive must be.

'Tis true, he is fair
with a beautiful face,
A moustache he sports to
with wonderful grace.
But he never can please me
with manners so fine,
so from me he must go,
he can never be mine.

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