An einen Boten
| "An einen Boten" | |
|---|---|
.png) Text and melody from Deutscher Liederhort (1893)[1] | |
| Song | |
| Language | German |
| English title | To a Messenger |
| Published | not later than 1778 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Songwriter | Traditional |
| File:Wenn du bei mein Schätzchen kommst.mid | |
"An einen Boten" (German for "To a messenger") is a short German folk song.
C. F. Nicolai published the lyrics in 1778 in his Ein feyner kleyner Almanach (German: A Fine Little Almanac).[2] Almost unchanged, it was included by C. Brentano and A. von Arnim in their collection of German folk songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1806).[3] Goethe called the verses "uniquely comical and good-natured" (einzig lustig und gutlaunig).[4]
Some composers have written tunes for the song.[5][6] A few English translations have been published as well.[7]
Words
[edit | edit source]Wenn du zu mei'm Schätzel kommst,
Sag: ich ließ' sie grüßen;
Wenn sie fraget: wie mir's geht?
Sag: auf beiden Füßen.
Wenn sie fraget, ob ich krank?
Sag: ich sei gestorben;
Wenn sie an zu weinen fangt,
Sag: ich käme morgen.[3]
If you come to my darling,
Say: I send her greetings;
If she asks how it's going with me,
Say: On both feet.
If she asks whether I am sick,
Say: I have died.
If she begins to weep,
Say: I will come tomorrow.
Melody
[edit | edit source]<score sound raw> \header { tagline = ##f} \layout { indent = 0 \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } }
global = { \key d \major \time 2/4 }
tenorVoice = \relative c' { \global \autoBeamOff
d8 cis16 ([b]) a8 g | fis g a4 | d8 cis16 ([b]) a8 g | fis4 e8 r | d'8 cis16 ([b]) a8 g | fis g a4 | fis8 d e cis | d4 d8 r \bar "||" d8 fis d fis | d fis a4 | cis,8 e cis e | cis ([e]) g4 | d8 fis d fis | d fis a4 | fis8 d e cis | d4 d8 r \bar "|."
}
verse = \lyricmode {
\set stanza = "1." Wenn du bei mein Schätz -- chen kommst, sag, ich ließ sie grü -- ßen; wenn sie fra -- get, wie mirs geht, sag: auf bei -- den Fü -- ßen. \set stanza = "2." Wenn sie fra -- get, ob ich krank, sag: ich sei ge -- stor -- ben; wenn sie an zu wei -- nen fangt, sag: ich kä -- me mor -- gen.
}
\score {
\new Staff \with { midiInstrument = "clarinet" }
{ \clef "treble_8" \tenorVoice }
\addlyrics { \verse }
\layout { }
\midi { \tempo 4=96 }
} </score> Source[1]
References
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). From The Book of Lieder: The Original Text of Over 1000 Songs, London: Faber, 2005.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Text, musical settings, commentary: 2003/04 version, 2011 version
