A little hut is built | A little hut is built

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ist ein Hüttlein gebauet

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ist ein Hüttlein gebauet
Über'm Thal auf der Höh',
Schaut herab auf die Felder
Und den flimmernden See.

Viel verwitterte Namen 
Sind geritzt in die Wand
Und darunter auch Einer,
Den mein Herz gut gekannt.

Ach, wo ist er geblieben,
Dessen Hand ihn einst schrieb?
War ein fröhlicher Bursche
Und ich hatte ihn lieb.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921) [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 Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Ist ein Hüttlein gebauet", op. 17 (Lieder-Album. 12 Dichtungen für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Kassel, Kuprions Nachf. [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A little hut is built", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

A little hut is built

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A little hut is built
Over the valley upon the heights,
It looks down on the fields
And the sparkling lake.

Many weathered names
Are carved into the wall
And among them is also one
That my heart knew well.

Ah, what happened to him
Whose hand once wrote it?
He was a merry lad
And I loved him.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 59