Hi! I've posted the German and English lyrics to the video description. Sorry I hadn't done that earlier--an oversight on my part. Thanks for your interest, and I hope you'll feel free to perform it or pass it on to friends!
Hi! No, the German translation is anonymous, done sometime in the 18th or early 19th century. Mendelssohn also set it to music. But your question is a good one--about whether the composition is really mine. The answer is that I think it's originally mine, but, when you've been listening to folk music and classical music circa 1800 for years, there's always the lingering question of whether the theme or at least part of it is something you heard somewhere else before.
Hey! I really like this song. Is there a translation of the lyrics in English?
TheEmacmillen 3 months ago
@TheEmacmillen
Hi! I've posted the German and English lyrics to the video description. Sorry I hadn't done that earlier--an oversight on my part. Thanks for your interest, and I hope you'll feel free to perform it or pass it on to friends!
Cimasiello00 3 months ago
@Cimasiello00 Thanks so much!
TheEmacmillen 2 months ago
@flexibartrampolin
Hi! No, the German translation is anonymous, done sometime in the 18th or early 19th century. Mendelssohn also set it to music. But your question is a good one--about whether the composition is really mine. The answer is that I think it's originally mine, but, when you've been listening to folk music and classical music circa 1800 for years, there's always the lingering question of whether the theme or at least part of it is something you heard somewhere else before.
Cimasiello00 1 year ago