At the well | Oh do not send me off all alone to the well

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

O schick' mich nicht allein zum Brunnen...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Umbrian

Our translations: ENG FRE

O schick' mich nicht allein zum Brunnen fort;
Klein bin ich, Mutter, weiß mich nicht zu wehren.
Ein Knabe trifft mich auf dem Schulweg dort,
Der schwur, er wolle mich das Küssen lehren.
O Knabe, treib' es nicht zu arg; denn wisse:
Klein bin ich, doch ich will dir's nicht vergessen,
Und büßen sollst du einst für alle Küsse.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 11.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Latinisch, no. 23, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Umbrian from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Am Brunnen", 1912 [ mezzo-soprano and piano or string quartet or orchestra ], from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "O schick mich nicht allein zum Brunnen fort", op. 43 (Volks-Poesien für 1 oder 2 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the well", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 59

At the well

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh do not send me off all alone to the well;
I am small, mother, and do not know how to defend myself.
A boy meets me there on the way to school,
He swore he wanted to teach me about kissing.
Oh young lad, do not overdo it, for know this well:
I am small, but I shall not forget what you did,
And someday you shall pay for all the kisses.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Latinisch, no. 23, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Umbrian from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-06
Line count: 7
Word count: 73