Little drum song | I beat the drum roll loudly so

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by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872)

Translation © by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)

Tambourliedchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Den Wirbel schlag' ich gar so stark,
Daß euch erzittert Bein und Mark,
Drum denk' ich ans schön Schätzelein,
Blaugrau, 
Blau,
Blaugrau,
Blau
Ist seiner Augen Schein.

Und denk' ich an den Schein so hell,
Von selber dämpft das Trommelfell,
Den wilden Ton, klingt hell und rein:
Blaugrau,
Blau,
Blaugrau, 
Blau 
Sind Liebchens Äugelein.

Authorship:

by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Tambourliedchen" [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Tambourliedchen", op. 69 (Neun Gesänge) no. 5, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançoneta del timbaler", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tamboerliedje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman) , "Little drum song", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Petite chanson du tambour", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzoncina del tamburino", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 54

Little drum song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I beat the drum roll loudly so
It shakes you up from head to toe!
Reminds me of my darling dear;
"Blue-gray, 
blue,
blue-gray,
blue"
shine his eyes so clear.

And when I recall how they shine so bright,
All by itself the drum becomes light,
The wild drum tone rings clear to the skies:
"Blue-gray, 
blue,
blue-gray,
blue" 
my beloved's eyes.

Authorship:

by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "Little drum song", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Tambourliedchen"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 62