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Wir Hamburger Mädchen haben's fein, Wir brauchen nicht auf dem Striche sein. Wir wohnen in schönen Häusern Wohl bei der Nacht, Ahoi! Weil es uns Freude macht. Es kommen Kavaliere, Neger und Matros, Die werden bei uns ihre Pfundstücke los, Sie liegen uns am Busen Wohl bei der Nacht, Ahoi! Weil es uns Freude macht. Madam kocht schlechtes Essen, Sami spielt Klavier, Mit den Kavalieren tanzen wir, Fließt ein Taler drüber, Wird er Madam gebracht, Ahoi! Weil es uns Freude macht. Eines Tages holt die Sitte uns hinaus, Und sie sperrt uns in das graue Krankenhaus. Dann sind wir tot und sterben Wohl bei der Nacht, Ahoi! Weil es uns Freude macht.
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Authorship
- by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund [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), "Hamburger Hurenlied", 2011 [mezzo-soprano and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Béla Reinitz (1878 - 1943), "Hamburger Dirnenlied ", published 1926 [voice and piano], from Klabund-Lieder, no. 6, New York, Universal Editions [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-01-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 112
We Hamburg gals are fine, we don't need to be out on the street. We live in lovely houses where through the night -- Ahoy! -- because it makes us happy. Fine gentlemen, Negroes and sailors that want to let loose of their pound notes, they lie on our bosom and through the night -- Ahoy! -- because it makes us happy. The madam cooks terribly, Sami plays piano, we dance with the gentlemen, the money flows which our madam wants -- Ahoy! -- because it makes us happy. One day the whole thing breaks down and they speed us to the gray hospital. Then we die, dying there in the night -- Ahoy! -- Because it makes us happy.
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Paraphrase.Authorship
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund
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: 2012-01-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 112