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Vom weissen Rösslein schied ein Knab, Es zog ihn in die Weite. Der Wirthin blonde Tochter gab Dem Wandrer das Geleite. Und als er um die Ecke bog Auf Nimmerwiederkehren, Die Magd ihr Linnentüchlein zog Und trocknete die Zähren. "Es treibt dich fort von Land zu Land Zu wandern und zu schweifen. Du trägst an deiner rechten Hand Von Golde einen Reifen. Darinnen sitzt ein Blutrubin, Der leuchtet wie ein Funken. -- O weh, ich liess dich weiter zieh'n, Eh' du den Ring vertrunken."
Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Spielmannslieder, Leipzig: Verlag von A. G. Liebeskind, 1883, page 25.
Text Authorship:
- by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", appears in Spielmannslieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Arthur Claassen (1859 - 1920), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", op. 10, Heft 2 no. 4, published 1883 [ ttbb chorus ], from Zech- und Minnelieder für vierstimmigen Männergesang, no. 4, Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", op. 13 no. 5, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], from Spielmannslieder von R. Baumbach für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lament of the tavern-keeper's daughter", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 83
A lad departed from the White Steed; He wanted to go wandering far away. The blonde daughter of the tavern-keeper Saw the wanderer off. And as he turned the corner Never to return, The maiden took out her linen kerchief And dried her tears. "You are somehow driven to wander And to ramble from country to country. Upon your right hand you wear A ring of gold. In it is set a blood-red ruby, Which glows like a spark. -- Oh woe, I let you travel on Before you had sold the ring and drunk up the proceeds."
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", appears in Spielmannslieder
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 97