Gott! Mein Weib - kein guter Fang!

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Lord! I married me a wife

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Lord! I married me a wife!
She gave me trouble all my life!
Made me work in the cold rain and snow.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Lord! I married me a wife", 1976 [voice and harp], from 8 Folk Song Arrangements, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Seigneur, j'ai épousé une femme !", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 3
Word count: 22

Gott! Mein Weib ‑ kein guter Fang!

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Gott! Mein Weib - kein guter Fang!
Sie plagte mich ein Leben lang!
Ließ mich schuften in Regen und Schnee.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-09
Line count: 3
Word count: 19