Shepherd and shepherdess | It is cheerful upon the green heath

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schäfer und Schäferin

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Lustig ists auf grüner Heid, 
Man thut mich Schäfer nennen.
Ich weiß ein Schäflein ganz allein, 
Das will ich schon bekommen.
Im Winter war es in dem Wald, 
Im Sommer auf grüner Au,
Da hab ich meinen Aufenthalt 
Bei einer Schäfersfrau.

"Und wenn du bei mir [Schäfersfraun]¹ 
Willst eine Freude haben, 
So darfst herein zu mir dich traun, 
Darfst weiter niemand [fragen]²! 
Die Schäflein gehn auf grüner Heid,
Wir tanzen so herum, 
Gar lustig sind wir [jederzeit]³, 
Drum sei mir nun willkomm!"

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• S. Wagner

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Confirmed with Franz Ludwig Mittler (ed.), Deutsche Volkslieder, Marburg und Leipzig: N.G. Elwert'scher Verlag, 1856, page 920.

¹ Wagner: "Schäfersfrau"
² Wagner: "sagen"
³ Wagner: "jeder Zeit"

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Schäfer und Schäferin" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Siegfried Wagner (1869 - 1930), "Schäfer und Schäferin", 1897, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston: moderne Volkslieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 2 times]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Shepherd and shepherdess", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-02
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Shepherd and shepherdess

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

It is cheerful upon the green heath,
One calls me shepherd.
I know a little sheep all alone,
I shall get it yet.
In wintertime it was in the forest,
In summertime upon the green meadow;
There I have my sojourn
At the abode of a shepherdess.

"And if you wish to have some fun
With me, a shepherdess,
Then you may dare to enter here,
You may not [ask]¹ anyone else!
The little sheep amble on the green heath,
We dance around thus,
We are very merry all the time,
Therefore be welcome to me!"

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¹ Wagner: "tell"

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This text was added to the website: 2021-08-01
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