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.
Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn |
Saw A Boy A Little Rose |
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1. Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein steh'n, |
Saw a boy a little rose, |
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Background notesThe text is a famous poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written 1771. It tells the story of a young man in love who is rejected by a girl. The story ends quite badly for both. Around the time when he wrote this poem Goethe stayed in Strasbourg and he was in love with Friederike Brion. It is thought that the poem is addressed to her. It has been set to music by many composers. The music of our version was written by Heinrich Werner in 1829. |
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