by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

De Wächter geit to blasen
Language: Plattdeutsch 
De Wächter geit to blasen
  Alleen inne Nacht,
De Koh geit to grasen
  Alleen inne Nacht,
De Maan geit alleben
  Alleen inne Nacht:
Dar is noch Een inn Hȩben
  De hollt voer All de Wacht.

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Confirmed with Vœr de Gœrn. Kinderreime alt und neu von Klaus Groth, Leipzig, Georg Wigand's Verlag, 1855, page 56.


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  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Night song"


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Night song
Language: English  after the Plattdeutsch 
His horn the Watchman bloweth
Alone in the night,
The cow grazing loweth
Alone in the night,
The moon silv'ry gloweth
Alone in the night:
But One there is who watcheth
O'er all in heav'n so bright.

From the Bronsart von Schellendorf score.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 37