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Auf d'Alma geh' ma aufi, heunt is's herunt uns g'nug, heunt brauch' ma Platz und Luft und Licht, heunt waar uns 's dörfei z'wen'g. Denn was ma heunt dalebt hamm', is unsa größti Freud: die jung' Frau Koasrin hamm ma g'seg'n, dees hamm nit alli Leut. Dö is so schö, so freundli, hat All's zun g'fall'n an Ihr, ma derf's nur seg'n, so wird oam glei um's Herz so guat als wier! Dö hat den guat'n Koasa ganz g'wiß von Herz'n gern; hoaßt eh' scho' wie a Heiligi, wird aa so nett grad wer'n. No Glück auf d'Raas, Frau Koasrin, i neidt's n Weanern recht: die kinnan d'ganzi Wocha seg'n was i nur Suntags möcht'. Und kaam 'S amahl auf d'Alma, a wahra Fei'ta waar's: a Land, was so a Koasrin hat, dees hat wohl ebbas Raar's.
The assistance of Dr. Barbara Reul (Luther College, University of Regina) with the transcription of the Bavarian dialect is gratefully acknowledged.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Adolf Müller, sen. (1801 - 1886), "'s Almageh'", op. 74 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with the manuscript in Huldigung der Tonsetzer Wiens an Ihre Majestät die allerdurchlauchtigste Frau Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Kaiserin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn und Böhmen etc. Überreicht von der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des österreichischen Kaiserstaates 1854 held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Climbing to the alpine pasture", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Der Almgang", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 137
We are going up to alpine pasture, today we've had enough of what's down here, today we need space and air and light, today the village was not enough for us. For that which we experienced today is our greatest joy: we saw the young Madame Empress, and not everyone can say that. She is so lovely, so amiable, we liked everything about her, one only has to see her, and the heart is warmed as well as agitated. Most certainly she loves the good Emperor with all her heart; she is in already named after a saint any case, she will surely be just as kind [as a saint]. Now good luck on the journey, Madame Empress, I am very jealous of the Viennese people: throughout the whole week they can see that which I can only wish for on a Sunday. And if she someday comes up to the alpine pasture, it would be a true holiday: a land that has such an Empress, certainly has something rare.
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- Translation from Bavarian (Boarisch) to English copyright © 2025 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Bavarian (Boarisch) by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875)
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-09
Line count: 24
Word count: 170