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German Songs

  Bunt sind schon die Waelder
Schneefloeckchen Weissroeckchen
Winter ade
Nun will der Lenz uns gruessen
ABC (Das Alphabet Lied)
Haenschen klein
Bruder Jakob
Kein schoener Land in dieser Zeit
Die Gedanken sind frei
Die Affen rasen durch den Wald
Von den blauen Bergen kommen wir
Weil heute Dein Geburtstag ist
Wenn ich ein Voeglein waer
Sah ein Knab ein Roeslein stehen
Geh aus mein Herz
Oh Du lieber Augustin
Bruederchen komm tanz mit mir
Wenn alle Bruennlein fliessen
Nehmt Abschied Brueder
Mondnacht
Guten Abend, gute Nacht
Der Mond ist aufgegangen
Sternenhimmel Schlaflied

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Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit

Liedersammlung

German nursery rhymes and folk songs

After the big success of the Nursery Rhyme Collection in England producer and arranger Ian Watts and his German co-arranger Mike Wilbury decided to launch a similar project with traditional German Songs. Most tunes came up centuries ago but some tracks are actually brand new, exclusively written for this collection.




Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit

No Land More Beautiful Around This Time

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1. Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit,
als hier das unsere weit und breit,
wo wir uns finden wohl unter Linden
zur Abendzeit.
wo wir uns finden wohl unter Linden
zur Abendzeit.

2. Da haben wir so manche Stund,
gesessen da in froher Rund´.
Und taten singen die Lieder klingen
im Eichengrund.
Und taten singen die Lieder klingen
im Eichengrund.

3. Dass wir uns hier in diesem Tal,
noch treffen so viel hundertmal,
Gott mag es schenken,
Gott mag es lenken, er hat die Gnad´.
Gott mag es schenken,
Gott mag es lenken, er hat die Gnad´.

4. Nun, Brüder eine gute Nacht,
der Herr im hohen Himmel wacht.
In seiner Güte uns zu behüten
ist er bedacht.
In seiner Güte uns zu behüten
ist er bedacht.

Words & Music: Traditional
Arrangement: Mike Wilbury / Ian Watts

1. No land more beautiful around this time,
Than ours far and near,
Where we meet under lime trees
at the evening time.
Where we meet under lime trees
at the evening time.

2. Many hours we spent there,
Sitting in a happy round,
And we did sing, the songs ringing
through the deep oak glades
And we did sing, the songs ringing
through the deep oak glades

3. That we shall may meet in this valley
Still many hundred times
God may grant us this,
God may make it happen, in his mercy.
God may grant us this,
God may make it happen, in his mercy.

4. Now, brothers, good night,
the Lord in his High Heaven is watching
In his goodness, to protect us
He is intending
In his goodness, to protect us
He is intending

 

Background notes

This is a very traditional German folk song, originating about a century ago. The text was written by Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio, the melody is a mixture of existing fragments. What makes our version quite special is the melting of completely different cultures: A very traditional German tune interpreted by a young singer grown up in the Phillipines.

Grammarwise there are some structures that are used very rarely in German:
Whereas the structure

we do sing” or “we did sing” (instead of “we sing” or “we sang”)

is very common in English language this structure is usually not used in German language. However, in this song we find exactly that phrase:

wir taten singen” instead of “wir sangen”

Nowadays you shouldn't use that kind of construction as it would be considered old fashioned or „bad“ German.




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