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Es hat sich ein Mädchen in [Fähndrich]1 verliebt, Er spricht ihr von [Ehre]2 und heirath sie nicht; Wenn der Fähndrich, die Fahne thut [rühren]3, Thut [sich ihr Herzel vor Freuden florieen]4. [Wenn der Tambur die Trummel thut rühren]5, Da heißt es: Soldaten, ins Feld müßt [marschieren]6! Bald haben wir kein Geld, [bald]7 haben wir kein Brot, O [du wunderschön Mädel]8, mußt leiden groß Noth! Bald haben wir kein Brot, bald haben wir kein Geld, [O du wunderschön Mädel]9, so geht es [im]10 Feld! [Und wenn]11 der Feind kommt und bringet uns um, Bleib bei der Armee und halt dich fein frumm.
R. Leberl sets lines 1-5, 8, 6-7, 10-12
Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von L.A. v. Arnim und Clemens Brentano, Zweiter Band, Berlin: Expedition des v. Arnimschen Verlags, 1846, page 30.
1 Leberl: "ein Fähndrich"2 Leberl: "Ehe"
3 Leberl: "rührn"
4 Leberl: "sichs Herzchen vor Freuden floriern"
5 Leberl: "Der Tambur die Trommel im Wirbel schon rührt"
6 Leberl: "marschiern"
7 Leberl: "und bald"
8 Leberl: "wunderschön Mädchen"
9 Leberl: "Du wunderschön Mädchen"
10 Leberl: "ins"
11 Leberl: "Wenn"
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Die Marketenderin", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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):
- by Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Die Marketenderin", op. 28 no. 6 (1920), published 2006, lines 1-5,8,6-7,10-12 [ voice and guitar ], from Spielmannslieder für Singstimme und Gitarre, no. 6, Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The canteen girl", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 118
A maiden has fallen in love with a cadet; He speaks to her of [honour]1, but does not wed her. When the cadet swings the flag [Her heart swells]2 with joy. [When the drummer beats the drum]3 It means: Soldiers, you must march into the battlefield! Sometimes we have no money, [sometimes]4 we have no bread, Oh [you wondrously]5 lovely maiden, you must suffer great hardship! Sometimes we have no bread, sometimes we have no money, [Oh you]6 wondrously lovely maiden, that's how [it goes in]7 the battlefield! [And when]8 the enemy comes and kills us off, You stay with the army and remain nice and pious.
1 Leberl: "marriage"
2 Leberl: "The little darling blooms"
3 Leberl: "When the drummer already beats the drum with a flourish"
4 Leberl: "and sometimes"
5 Leberl: "wondrously"
6 Leberl: "You"
7 Leberl: "we go into"
8 Leberl: "When"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Die Marketenderin", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 117