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Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten durch einen grünen Wald, Darin da hört ich singen, drei Vögelein wohlgestalt. So sein es nit drei Vögelein, es sein drei Fräulein fein. Soll mir das ein nit werden, so gilt es das Leben mein. Das erste heißet Ursulein, Das andre Bärbelein Das dritt hat keinen Namen, Das soll des Jägers sein. Er nahm sie bei den Händen, Bei ihrer schneeweißen Hand, Er führts des Walds ein Ende, Da er ein Hüttlein fand. Da lagens beieinander bis in die dritte Stund'. "Kehr' dich, schön's Lieb, herumb, beut mir dein'n roten Mund!"
J. Brahms sets stanzas 1-4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
J. Brahms sets stanzas 1-4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
J. Brahms sets stanzas 1-4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
E. Lassen sets stanzas 1-3
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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), "Drei Vögelein", WoO. 32 no. 3 (1858), published 1926, stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten", WoO. 34 (Vierzehn deutsche Volkslieder) no. 2, published 1865, stanzas 1-4 [ SATB chorus ], from Deutsche Volkslieder für gemischten Chor, no. 2, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten", WoO. posth. 36 no. 8 (1859-62), stanzas 1-4 [ ssa chorus ], from Acht Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Drei Jungfräulein", published 1904, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from Aus des Knaben Wunderhorn : alte Minneweisen und Volkslieder : für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung bearbeitet von Eduard Lassen, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Senfl (c1490 - 1543), "Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Mit Lust thät ich ausreiten", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1886 [ men's chorus (TTBarBB) a cappella ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Heinrich , Freiherr von Herzogenberg, Felix Mendelssohn, August Saran, Theodor Streicher.
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) (Wim Reedijk) , "Dri Vogeltjes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je partis joyeusement à cheval", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 96
With joy, I went riding through a green wood, In it I heard singing, three shapely little birds. But it wasn’t three little birds, it was three fine young ladies. Should one of them not become mine, it will cost me my life. The first was called Uschi, The next Barbie The third had no name, She shall be the huntsman’s. He took her by the hands, By her snow-white hand, He led her to the edge of the wood, Where he found a cottage. There they lay together for three hours. “Turn back, beautiful lover, hurry, your red mouth is my plunder!”
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"Drei Vögelein" = "Three little birds"
"Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten" = "With joy I went riding"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 103