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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Pastetenlied
 (Sung text for setting by G. Graben-Hoffmann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pasteten hin, Pasteten her,
  Was kümmern uns Pasteten?
Die Schüssel hier ist auch nicht leer
Und schmeckt so gut wie aus dem Meer
die Austern und Lampreten.

Und viel Pastet und Leckerbrot
  Verderben Blut und Magen.
Die Köche kochen lauter Not,
Und kochen uns viel eher tot;
  Ihr Herren, laßt euch's sagen!

Schön rötlich die Kartoffeln sind,
  Und weiß wie Alabaster;
Verdau'n sich lieblich und geschwind
  Und sind für Mann und Frau und Kind,
 ... 
  Ein rechtes Magenpflaster!

Composition:

    Set to music by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Pastetenlied", op. 107 no. 10, published c1883 [ voice and piano ], from Frühlingsstimmen: Neue Liederspende für die Jugend, no. 10, Dresden: L. Hoffarth

Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), no title

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The potato song", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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