From: ix Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, Brahms' Lullaby, Zigeunerlieder
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonntag, Op. 47, No. 3
(composed in 1860; first published in 1868)
Text: folksong collected/edited by Johann Ludwig Uhland
Original Key/Recorded Key: F Major
Teach-Track begins: one m. before the pick-up measure
(2 preparatory downbeats added, to set tempo)
Accompaniment Track begins: same as teach-track
Pianist: Daniel Michalak
So hab' ich doch die ganze Woche
So have I then the entire week
Mein feines Liebchen nicht geseh'n,
My finest sweetheart not seen,
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
I saw her on a Sunday
Wohl vor der Türe steh'n:
Right before the door standing:
Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
The thousand-fold beautiful young girl,
Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
The thousand-fold beautiful little heart,
Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär' heute bei ihr!
Would God, would God, I were today with her!
So will mir doch die ganze Woche
So will for me then the entire week
Das Lachen nicht vergeh'n,
The laughter not go away,
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
I saw her on a Sunday
Wohl in die Kirche geh'n:
Right into the church going:
Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
The thousand-fold beautiful young girl,
Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
The thousand-fold beautiful little heart,
Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär' heute bei ihr!
Would God, would God, I were today with her!