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Ich ließ mir sagen und mir ward erzählt, Der schöne Toni hungre sich zu Tode; Seit ihn so überaus die Liebe quält, Nimmt er auf einen Backzahn sieben Brote. Nach Tisch, damit er die Verdauung stählt Verspeist er eine Wurst und sieben Brote, Und lindert nicht Tonina seine Pein, Bricht nächstens Hungersnot und Teurung ein.
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- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848
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- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ich ließ mir sagen und mir ward erzählt", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 26. [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Donna Bareket) , title 1: "I inquired, and I was told", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti
Text added to the website: 2003-12-30 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:02
Line count: 8
Word count: 55
I inquired, and I was told, That handsome Toni is starving himself to death; Since love so exceedingly torments him, He devours seven loaves for each molar. After meals, to steel his digestion, He consumes a sausage and seven loaves; And if Tonina will not ease his pain, Famine and starvation will soon set in.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, first published 1860
- a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848
Text added to the website: 2003-12-30 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:02
Line count: 8
Word count: 55