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Der Morgen graut. Ich kam per Bahn Stolz in der Stadt der Welfen an. Und wie ich wandle, seh' ich walten Im Morgenscheine fünf Gestalten. »Seid mir gegrüßt, ihr edlen Frauen, So wunderlieblich anzuschauen!« »Wat het he seggt?!« So tönt's im Chor, Fünf Besen heben sich empor. Ich stolp're in ein Kehrichtfaß; Die Besen sind sehr dürr und naß. Kaum rett' ich mich, schon halb verdroschen, Mit 25 Silbergroschen. Das hemmt der Besengarde Lauf. -- Ein Bad nimmt meine Glieder auf. So geht's! -- Bei Damen sollst du fein Gar niemals nicht ironisch sein.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908), "Ein galantes Abenteuer" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein galantes Abenteuer", 2010 [baritone and piano], from Busch-lieder , no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "An amorous adventure", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 92
The morning came. I arrived by train In Brunswick, feeling proudly vain. And as I strolled in the morning light I saw five forms, none a socialite. »Good morning, O fine ladies fair, So wondrous lovely, so debonair!« »Hey, w'at he say?!" five charwomen cried, Five brooms threatening to tan my hide. I stumbled on rubbish and fell to the street; The five sweeper women were vicious and fleet. It cost me plenty to rescue myself, Five and twenty for them as their pelf, That impeded my beating's severity. -- Later a bath washed off their vulgarity. Lesson learned! -- Around such creatures It's best not to tease about clearly absent features.
Text Authorship:
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "An amorous adventure", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (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 Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908), "Ein galantes Abenteuer"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 110