Children's voices | With our fisherfolk a child came

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by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Kinderstimmen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Mit unsern Fischern war ein Kind gekommen
Von Frauenwörth.
Das hab' ich spielend auf mein Knie genommen
Und frug betört:

"Wer ist die lieblichste der frommen Frauen,
Die du gewahrt?"
Da schlug es auf den vollen Blick, den blauen:
"Frau Irmingard!" - -

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Text Authorship:

by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Kinderstimmen", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 6, first published 1879 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Word count: 42

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

With our fisherfolk a child came
From the abbey of Frauenwörth.
Playfully I took it upon my knee
And, besotted, I asked:

"Who is the loveliest of the pious women
Whom you have seen?"
Thereupon the child opened wide its eyes, the blue eyes:
"Frau Irmingard!" - -

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Kinderstimmen", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 6, first published 1879
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-31
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Word count: 47