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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Es ritten drei Reuter zu München hinaus
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT FRE
Es ritten drei Reuter zu München hinaus,
Sie ritten wohl vor der Bernauerin ihr Haus,
Bernauerin, bist du drinnen? Ja drinnen?
 
Bist du darinnen, so tritt du heraus,
Der Herzog ist draußen vor ihrem Haus,
Mit allem seinem Hofgesinde, ja Gesinde.
 
Sobald die Bernauerin vors Tor hinaus kam,
Drei Herren gleich die Bernauerin vernahm:
Bernauerin, was willst Du machen, ja machen?
 
Ei, willst du lassen den Herzog entwegn,
Oder willst du lassen dein jungfrisches Lebn
Ertrinken im Donauwasser? Ja Wasser?
 
Und als ich nicht will meinen Herzog entwegn,
So will ich lassen mein jungfrisches Lebn
Ertrinken im Donauwasser, ja Wasser.

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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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Die Bernauerin", WoO. posth. 38 no. 6 (1859-62) [ SSAA chorus ], from 20 Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Es ritten drei Reuter", op. 3, Heft 1 no. 7, published 1835 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Volkslieder für 4 Männerstimmen, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Trois cavaliers chevauchaient vers Munich", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 15
Word count: 100

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