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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Ei Ei, wie scheint der Mond so hell
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG
  Ei Ei, wie [scheint]1 der Mond so hell,
Wie scheint er in der Nacht.
Hab ich am frühen Morgen
[Meim]2 Schatz ein Lied gemacht. 

  Ei Ei, wie [scheint]1 der Mond so hell,
Ei Ei, wo [scheint]1 er hin.
Mein Schatz hat alle Morgen
Ein andern Schatz im Sinn. 

 Ei Ei, wie [scheint]1der Mond so hell,
Ei Ei, wie [scheint]1er hier.
Er scheint ja alle Morgen
Der Liebsten vor die Tür. 

  Ei Ei, wie [scheint]1der Mond so hell,
Ei Jungfer, wann ists Tag?
[Es geht ihr]3 alle Morgen
Ein andrer Freier nach.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Leberl •   J. Weismann 

J. Weismann sets stanzas 1, 3, 2, 4

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Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von L.A. v. Arnim und Clemens Brentano, Dritter Band, Berlin: Expedition des v. Arnimschen Verlags, 1846, page 24.

1 Leberl: "scheinet"
2 Leberl, Weismann: "Mein"
3 Leberl: " 's Geht ihr ja"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ei! Ei!", 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 Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Ei, ei, wie scheint der Mond so hell" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Ei wie scheint der Mond so hell", op. 28 no. 7 (1920), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], from Spielmannslieder für Singstimme und Gitarre, no. 7, Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Ei! Ei!", published 1903, from Dreissig Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn, no. 29 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826), "Ei Ei, wie scheint der Mond so hell", op. 64 no. 7 (1818) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Ei! Ei!", op. 29 (Acht Wunderhornlieder) no. 6 (1906/10), stanzas 1,3,2,4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

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