Cradlesong

[Translation of a German folk song, "Wiegenlied", from the German folklore collection, 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn', for Wikimedia projects]

Buko von Halberstadt,
What bring'st thou to my son?
What have I to bring him?
Some red shoes with trimming,
Some red shoes with golden nails,
That the boy might gladly wear.

Hurra so, burra fort!
Wagon and fine shoes are gone,
Stucken in the swamps,
Sunken is the horse.
Answer me, thou, wretched lad,
Why the driving is so bad?

[2024]


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