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Ritterliche Werbung

Language: German

"Wo gehst du hin, du schönes Kind?"
"Zu melken, Herr!" -sprach Gotelind.

"Wer ist dein Vater, du schönes Kind?"
"Der Müller im Tal!" -sprach Gotelind.

"Wie, wenn ich dich freite, schönes Kind?"
"Zu viel der Ehre!" -sprach Gotelind.

"Was hast du zur Mitgift, schönes Kind?"
"Herr, mein Gesichte!" -sprach Gotelind.

"So kann ich dich nicht wohl frein, mein Kind."
"Wer hat's Euch geheißen?" -sprach Gotelind


Input by Charles James Pearson

Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
    * ENG English (Charles James Pearson)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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