Die Hochländer-Witwe
Music: Robert Schumann (1810–1856) · Words: Robert Burns (1759–1796) · lyricist: Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780–1858)
Ich bin gekommen in’s Niederland,
o weh, o weh, o weh! So ausgeplündert haben
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The words
Ich bin gekommen in’s Niederland,
o weh, o weh, o weh! So ausgeplündert haben
sie mich, dass ich vor Hunger vergeh’.
So war’s in meinem Hochland nicht,
o weh, o weh, o weh! Ein hochbeglückter Weib
als ich, war nicht auf Tal und Höh,’
denn damals hatt’ ich zwanzig Küh’,
o weh, o weh, o weh! die gaben Milch und Butter
mir, und weideten im Klee, und sechzig Schafe
hatt’ ich dort, o weh, o weh, o weh!
die wärmten mich mit weichem Vliess,
bei Frost und Winterschnee. Es konnte Kein’
im ganzen Clan sich grössern Glückes freu’n;
denn Donald war der schönste Mann,
und Donald, der war mein. So blieb’s,
so blieb’s bis Charlie Stuart kam,
AltSchottland zu befrei’n, da musste Donald
seinen Arm ihm und dem Lande leih’n.
Was sie befiel, wer weiss es nicht?
dem Unrecht wich das Recht und auf Cullodens
blut’gem Feld erlagen Herr und Knecht.
O dass ich kam in’s Niederland,
o weh, o weh, o weh! nun gibt’s kein
unglücksel’ger Weib vom Hochland bis zur
See!
About this song
- Music
- Robert Schumann (1810–1856) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Robert Burns (1759–1796) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- lyricist
- Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780–1858) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- German, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1840, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 1:16
- Its source files it as
- Myrthen, Op.25
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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