"Wo gehst du hin, du schönes Kind?"
"Zu melken, Herr!" -sprach Gotelind.
"Wer ist dein Vater, du schönes Kind?"
"Der Müller im Tal!" -sprach Gotelind.
"Wie, wenn ich dich freite, schönes Kind?"
"Zu viel der Ehre!" -sprach Gotelind.
"Was hast du zur Mitgift, schönes Kind?"
"Herr, mein Gesichte!" -sprach Gotelind.
"So kann ich dich nicht wohl frein, mein Kind."
"Wer hat's Euch geheißen?" -sprach Gotelind
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Ritterliche Werbung", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 11 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Ritterliche Werbung", op. 81 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Ritterliche Werbung", op. 42 (Zehn Lieder) no. 3 (1904) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Manfred Schlenker (1926 - 2023 ), "Ritterliche Werbung", published 2006 [ vocal quintet ], from Zehn Mörike-Burlesken für fünf Stimmen, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ritterliche Werbung", op. 62 no. 11 (1948-9) [ voice and piano ], from Das holde Bescheiden: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 11, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Ritterliche Werbung", 1984 [ duet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Ritterliche Werbung", op. 41 no. 7, published 1906, from Frühlings- und Liebeslieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Charles James Pearson) , "Chivalrous Courting", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Charles James Pearson
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 65
"Where are you going, pretty child?"
"Milking, Lord!" said Gotelind.
"Who is your father, pretty child?"
"The miller in the valley!" said Gotelind.
"What if I set you free, pretty child?"
"Too great an honor!" said Gotelind.
"What have you for a dowry, pretty child?"
"My face, Lord!" said Gotelind.
"Then I guess I can't set you free, my child."
"Who asked you?" said Gotelind.