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Trommler, laß dein Kalbfell klingen, Und, Trompeter, blas darein, Daß sie aus den Betten springen, Mordio, Michel, Mordio! schrein. Tuut und trumm, tuut und trumm, Zipfelmützen ringsherum. Und so geh ich durch die hellen, Mondeshellen Gassen hin, Fröhlich zwischen zwei Mamsellen, Wäscherin und Plätterin: Links Luischen, rechts Marie, Und voran die Musici. Aber sind wir bei dem Hause, Das ich euch bezeichnet hab, Macht gefälligst eine Pause, Und seid schweigsam wie das Grab! Scht und hm, scht und hm, Sachte um das Haus herum. Meine heftige Henriette Wohnt in diesem kleinen Haus, Lärmen [die wir]1 aus dem Bette, Kratzt sie uns die Augen aus. Scht und hm, scht und hm, Sachte um das Haus herum. Lustig wieder, Musikanten! Die Gefahr droht nun nicht mehr; Trommelt alle alten Tanten Wieder an die Fenster her! Tuut und trumm, tuut und trumm, Zipfelmützen ringsherum. Ja, so geh ich durch die hellen, Mondeshellen Gassen hin, Fröhlich zwischen zwei Mamsellen, Wäscherin und Plätterin: Links Luischen, rechts Marie, Und voran die Musici.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gustav Falke, Ausgewählte Gedichte, herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth, Berlin: Die Sammlung Hofenberg, Verlag der Contumax GmbH & Co., 2019, pages 79-80.
1 Brull: "wir die"Text Authorship:
- by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Nachtwandler", appears in Deutsche Chansons, in Brettl-Lieder, ed. by O. J. Bierbaum, Berlin-Leipzig, first published 1900 [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 Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Nachtwandler", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston: moderne Volkslieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by James Rothstein (b. 1871), "Nachtwandler", op. 35, published 1898 [ baritone and piano ], Berlin, Gottfurcht [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Der Nachtwandler mit Begleitung von Kleiner Flöte, Trompete, Kleiner Trommel und Klavier", 1901, from Brettl-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le promeneur nocturne", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Roland Kayser , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 167
Drummer, let your calfskin ring, And trumpeter, let it fly, So that they out of their beds do spring, Murder, Michel. Murder! they'll cry. Toot and blare, toot and blare, Night-caps appearing everywhere. And so happy, through the glowing Moonlit lanes, I press, Between two Mademoiselles going, A launderer and a seamstress (ironer): Little Louisa on the left, on the right Marie, And leading the way, I musici. But now we're near the domicile I told you of before. So if you would, please stop awhile, Silent as the grave once more! Hush and hum, hush and hum, Softly 'round the house let's come. My hot-tempered Henriette Within this small cottage lies; If roused from her sleep, I'll bet She would scratch out all our eyes. Hush and hum, hush and hum, Softly 'round the house let's come. Musicians, now play til the windows shake! There's no more need to worry. Thump all the old aunts 'til we make Them to their windows scurry! Toot and blare, toot and blare, Night-caps appearing everywhere. And so happy, through the glowing Moonlit lanes, I press, Between two Mademoiselles going, A launderer and a seamstress: Little Louisa on the left, on the right Marie, And leading the way, I musici.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Nachtwandler", appears in Deutsche Chansons, in Brettl-Lieder, ed. by O. J. Bierbaum, Berlin-Leipzig, first published 1900
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-29
Line count: 36
Word count: 207