The Prayer | A very young lass together with her mother

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by Franz von Kobell (1803 - 1882)

Translation © by Johann Winkler

's Gebet

Language: Bavarian (Boarisch)

Our translations: ENG

A gar kloa's Deand'l mit der Muatta
hat in der Kirch in Sunnta' bet't
und is halt g'west so voller Andacht,
als wenn 's es halt recht nöti hätt'.

Des g'fallt der Mautta gar so sakrisch,
und nach der Kircha sagt's dazua:
„Du bist amal a rechti Frummi,
du hast scho bet't in aller Fruah!

Was hast jetzt bet't, des muasst ma sag'n,
du Schatzerl du so brav und nett!“
Und 's Deandl sagt auf ihra Frag'n:
„Dass d'Kirch bald aus werd, hon i bet't!“

Text Authorship:

by Franz von Kobell (1803 - 1882) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ernst Krähmer , "'s Gebet", from Lieder in oberbayerischer und österreichischer Mundart für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte-Begleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "The Prayer", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-25
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Word count: 85

The Prayer

Language: English after the Bavarian (Boarisch)

A very young lass together with her mother
prayed in church on one Sunday
and did it with so much devotion
as if she had much need of it.

Her mother regarded that with much fondness
and said to her daughter after church:
"Thou art a very pious girl
that thou prayest so early in the morning!

What didst thou pray, my sweet darling,
thou oughtst to tell me that!"
And the lass replied to her question:
"That church might be over soon, that was my prayer!"

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a text in Bavarian (Boarisch) by Franz von Kobell (1803 - 1882)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 87