About Aunt Maria | Do you know our aunt, slender and lovely

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possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Von der Tante Maria

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Kennt ihr die Tante schlank und hold,
Mit Augen blau, mit Haar von Gold,
In dieser Stadt die allerschönste Dame?
O sucht nicht lang.
Maria ist ihr Name.

Als von Paris sie wiederkam,
Zu unsrer Lust, Paris zum Gram,
Hat sie uns Kinderchen viel Zuckerguts gegeben;
Drum singen wir:
Maria sie soll leben.

Text Authorship:

possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858) [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 Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Von der Tante Maria", op. 20 no. 17, published 1849, from Anleitungen zum Singen. Übungen und Liedchen für Kinder von drei bis sieben Jahren, no. 17, B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "About Aunt Maria", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-21
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Word count: 53

About Aunt Maria

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Do you know our aunt, slender and lovely,
With eyes of blue, with hair of gold,
The most beautiful lady in this town?
Oh do not search long.
Her name is Maria.
 
When she returned from Paris,
To our joy, to Paris's sorrow,
She gave us children many sweets;
Hence we sing:
Maria, long may she live.

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a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-10
Line count: 10
Word count: 57