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sometimes misattributed to Volkslieder (Folksongs) and by Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (1803 - 1869)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus,
da schaut die Magd zum Fenster 'naus!
Sie schaut stromauf, sie schaut stromab:
ist noch nicht da mein Herzensknab'?
Der schönste Bursch am ganzen Rhein,
den nenn' ich mein, den nenn' ich mein!

Des Morgens fährt er auf dem Fluß,
und singt herüber seinen Gruß,
des Abends, wenn's Glühwürmchen fliegt,
sein Nachen an das Ufer wiegt,
da kann ich mit dem Burschen mein
[beisammen]1 sein, [beisammen]1 sein!

Die Nachtigall im Fliederstrauch,
was sie da singt, versteh' ich auch;
sie saget: übers Jahr ist Fest,
hab' ich, mein Lieber, auch ein Nest,
wo ich dann mit dem Burschen mein 
die Froh'st' am Rhein, die Froh'st' am Rhein!

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Note: Neither text nor melody is authentically from the lower Rhine. From Zuccalmaglio's collection Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, Berlin, 1838-40, titled "Niederrheinisches Volkslied". Probably by Zuccalmaglio.
1 or "zusammen"

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Volkslieder (Folksongs)
  • by Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (1803 - 1869) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Franz Barraga , "Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus", op. 22 (Fünf Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 5, published 1883 [ men's chorus ], Augsburg, Böhm & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Schifferlied", WoO. 32 no. 13 (1858), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 13, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Schifferlied", WoO. posth. 38 no. 3 (1859-62), from 20 Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Dort in den Weiden", WoO. posth. 35 no. 8 (1863/4?) [ SATB chorus ], from Deutsche Volkslieder für gemischten Chor, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Dort in den Weiden", op. 97 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (<< 1885), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus", WoO. 33 no. 31, published [1894], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 31, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Elise Breiderhoff, née Frey (1849 - 1940), "Schifferlied", published 1897 [ vocal trio for female voices, unaccompanied ], from Zehn deutsche Volkslieder für 3 weibliche Stimmen gesetzt (ohne Begleitung), no. 5, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Necke , "Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus", published 1900 [ men's chorus ], from Zwei Lieder für Männerchor, no. 2, Leipzig, Spitzner [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zie ’n huis daar in de weiden staan", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "There in the meadow stands a house", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Là in mezzo ai pascoli c’è una casa", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 115

Zie ’n huis daar in de weiden staan
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Zie ’n huis daar in de weiden staan,
Daar kijkt een meisje uit het raam!
Zij speurt de stroom af, links en rechts:
Zij tuurt naar haar beminde slechts.
De mooiste knaap aan heel de Rijn,
Zal de1 mijne zijn, zal de mijne zijn!
 
Des morgens vaart hij hier voorbij
En zingt dan luid zijn groet naar mij,
Des avonds, als ’t vuurvliegje vliegt,
Zijn boot dan aan de oever wiegt.
Dan kan ik met mijn vriendje fijn
Tezamen zijn, tezamen zijn!
 
De nachtegaal in ’t bosje daar,
Wat die zo zingt, is zeker waar.
Hij ratelt: over ‘n jaar is ’t best,
Heb ik, mijn waarde, ook een nest.
[Dan ben ik met die jongen fijn
De blijste vrouw langs heel de Rijn!]2

[1 Zal de: te zingen op twee zestienden, in WoO 35 no.8 deels ten koste van de gepunteerde achtste noot daarvóór.
[2 In WoO 35, no. 8: Dan zal ik langs de hele Rijn / De blijste zijn!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2014 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) and by Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (1803 - 1869)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 126

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