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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Servants of King Arthur
 (Sung text for setting by D. Shostakovich)
 See original
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE
In good King Arthur's days,
He was a merry king,
He threw three servants out of his house
Because they wouldn't sing.

The first he was a miller,
And the second he was a weaver
And the third he was a little tailor;
Three thieving rogues together.

The miller he stole corn,
And the weaver he stole yarn,
And the little tailor he stole broadcloth
For to keep these three rogues warm.

The miller he drowned in his dam,
And the weaver he hung on his yarn,
And the devil put his foot on the little tailor
With the broadcloth under his arm.

Composition:

    Set to music by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Servants of King Arthur", 1943, first performed 1944 [ voice(s) and orchestra ], from Eight British and American Folk Songs, no. 5

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les domestiques du roi Arthur", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Martin Jahn

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 106

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