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Fräulein Gigerlette Lud mich ein zum Tee. Ihre Toilette War gestimmt auf Schnee; Ganz wie Pierrette War sie angetan. Selbst ein Mönch, ich wette, Sähe Gigerlette Wohlgefällig an. War ein rotes Zimmer, Drin sie mich empfing, Gelber Kerzenschimmer In dem Raume hing. Und sie war wie immer Leben und Esprit. Nie vergess ich's, nimmer: Weinrot war das Zimmer, Blütenweiss war sie. Und im Trab mit Vieren Fuhren wir zu zweit In das Land spazieren, Das heisst Heiterkeit. Daß wir nicht verlieren Zügel, Ziel und Lauf, Saß bei dem Kutschieren Mit den heissen Vieren Amor hinten auf.
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Gigerlette", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder [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 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892 - 1971), "Gigerlette", published 1940, from Bierbaum-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Gigerlette", published 1912 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Gigerlette", 1901, from Brettl-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Gigerlette", op. 55 (Zehn Lieder) no. 2, published [1918] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: C.F.W. Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Gigerlette", c1925 [ soprano and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Malcolm Halliday) , "Gigerlette", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Gigerlette", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Miss dandy", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Žižerletė", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 27
Word count: 96
Miss Gigerlette invited me to tea With an air like snow she greeted me; She was dressed entirely like Pierrette. E'en a monk would think Miss G lovely, I'll bet. It was a red room, where she and I met, A hall with golden glow of candles beset. She was so full of life and esprit. I'll never forget: the room wine red, flowery white was she. In a coach and four did the two of us ride Into a land known as Mirth, traveling the countryside. So that we not lose speed, aim, or gait The coachman, Love, steered our carriage straight.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Gigerlette", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-29
Line count: 27
Word count: 103