Bij 't rijden op de knie (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (Johannes Brahms)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Beim Ritt auf dem Knie

Language: Plattdeutsch

Available translation(s): DUT FRE

Ull Mann wull riden,
wull hat he ken Pärd;
ull Frau nohm Zickenbuck,
sett den ull Mann darupp
leht ihm su riden.

Ull Mann wull riden,
wull hat he ken Tom;
ull Frau nohm Hemdensohm,
macht dem ull Mann en Tom,
leht ihm su riden.

Ull Mann wull riden,
wull hat he ken Mütz;
ull Frau nohm Topp voll Grütz,
macht dem ull Mann en Mütz,
leht ihm su riden.

Ull Mann wull riden,
wull hat he ken Sadl;
ull Frau nohm Lindenblatt,
klebt dem ull Mann fürt Gatt,
leht ihm su riden.

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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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Beim Ritt auf dem Knie", WoO. 31 no. 8a (1857) [voice and piano], from Volks-Kinderlieder, no. 8a [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [an adaptation] DUT DUT ENG FRE FRE ; composed by Johannes Brahms.

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bij 't rijden op de knie", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 93

Bij 't rijden op de knie

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the Plattdeutsch

Opa wou rijden
Maar hij had geen paard;
Oma nam ’n geitenbok,
Zette daar opa op,
Liet hem zo rijden.
 
Opa wou rijden,
Maar hij had geen toom;
Oma nam ´n hemdenzoom,
Gaf opa die als toom,
Liet hem zo rijden.
 
Opa wou rijden,
Maar had geen kalot;
Oma nam´n gruttenpot,
Gaf hem die als kalot,
Liet hem zo rijden.
 
Opa wou rijden,
Maar had er geen zadel;
Oma nam ‘n lindeblad,
Plakte ‘t op opa´s gat,
Liet hem zo rijden.

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a text in Plattdeutsch from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 81