Es sprach zu Hänschen Gretchen:
"Mein Lieben mich gereut.
Du scherzt mit allen Mädchen,
Wir sind geschied'ne Leut.
Geh' deines Weges wieder!
Mein Kuss bleibt dir versagt,
Bis einst der span'sche Flieder
Im Garten Aepfel tragt!"
Das Fenster ward geschlossen,
Den Vorhang zog sie für,
Und Hänschen ging verdrossen
Von seiner Liebsten Thür.
Als Tags darauf er wieder
Den Weg zur Trauten fand,
Sass Gretchen auf dem Flieder,
Daran sie Aepfel band.
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Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Spielmannslieder , Leipzig: Verlag von A.G. Liebeskind, 1893, page 49.
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Gretchen said to Hans:
"I regret loving you.
You flirt with all the girls;
We two are parting company.
Go on your way again!
My kiss shall remain denied you,
Until the Spanish lilac
In the garden bears apples!"
The window was shut,
She drew the curtains,
And, peeved, Hans went
Away from his beloved's door.
When on the following day
He again found his way to his darling,
Gretchen was sitting upon the lilac,
To which she was tying apples.
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