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Weiss bist du mein Mädchen, Man kann nicht weisser sein. Heiss lieb' ich dich mein Mädchen, Lieb' kann nicht heisser sein. Als sie starb, mein Mädchen, War sie viel weisser doch. Und ich Armer, liebte Sie viel heisser noch.
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Danish (Dansk) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Weiss bist du", published 1887 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Pale you are", copyright © 2012
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
Pale1 you are, my maiden, One could not be more pale. Warmly do I love you, my maiden, Love cannot be more warm. When she died -- my maiden -- She was yet paler still. And I, poor wretch, loved her even more warmly.
1 "pale" does not necessarily imply illness or weakness here, but rather a sheltered existence: she is not tanned by the sun, freckle-faced, or rosy-cheeked.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- a text in Danish (Dansk) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 42