Mei Mueter mag mi net

Mei Mueter mag mi net,
Und kein Schatz han i net,
Ei warum sterb' i net,
Was tu i do?

Gestern isch Kirchweih g'wä,
Mi hot mer g'wis net g'seh,
Denn mir isch's gar so weh,
I tanz ja net.

Laßt die drei Rose stehn,
Die an dem Kreuzle blühn:
Hent ihr das Mädle kennt,
Die drunter liegt?

Authorship

from Folk poetry or song tradition (Volkslieder) , title unknown, from Kriegs- und Volkslieder, Stuttgart; Swabian dialect, published 1824

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

by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , "Die Trauernde", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5 (1852).
by Gustav Eggers (1835-1861) , "Mei Mutter mag mi net", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston) no. 6, published 1860. [voice and piano]
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Die Trauernde", op. 17 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1860?
by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860) , "Die Trauernde"
by Erich J. Wolff (1874-1913) , "Die Trauernde", Lieder no. 39, published 1914, note: In modern German, the text begins "Meine Mutter".

by Gustav Pressel (1827-1890) , "Schwäbisches Volkslied", published 1855 [voice and piano], Bonn, Simrock

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The sad maiden", copyright ©
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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