About the birdlet | God greet you, my dear Regerl!

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vom Vöglein!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Grüß dich Gott mein [lieb]¹ Regerl!
Ich komm aus dem Wald,
Hab gefangen ein schöns Vögerl,
Entwischt wär mirs bald.
Ich thät dir's gern schenken,
Nimms an, sey so gut,
Es wird dich nicht kränken,
Weils schön singen thut.

  Ey du mein [liebs]¹ Regerl,
Ich bitt dich um Gnad,
Verschaff doch dem Vögerl
Ein Häusle von [Drath]²,
Thu auch nicht vergessen,
Ein Trögerl zum Trank,
Ein Trögerl zum Fressen,
Daß 's dir nit wird krank.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• V. Hollaender

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Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte deutsche Lieder, gesammelt von L.A.v. Arnim und Clemens Brentano, Dritter Band, Heidelberg: bey Mohn und Zimmer, 1808. Appendix: Kinderlieder, pages 96-97.

Note: Hollaender adds a series of Tra-la-las at the end of each stanza before repeating the last line of the text.

¹ Hollaender: "liebes"
² Hollaender: "Draht"

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Vom Vöglein", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Victor Hollaender (1866 - 1940), "Vom Vöglein!", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]

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

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

About the birdlet

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  God greet you, my dear Regerl!
I come from the forest,
Have caught a pretty bird,
It nearly got away from me.
I would gladly like to give it to you,
Accept it, be so kind,
It shall not aggrieve you
Because it sings beautifully.

  Oh, you my dear Regerl,
I beg you for mercy,
Provide for the bird
A little house of wire,
Also do not forget
A little trough for drinking,
A little trough for eating,
So that it does not get sick on you.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Vom Vöglein", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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This text was added to the website: 2021-06-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 88