Ein meydlein zu dem brunnen gieng (Ludwig Senfl)

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• (Posted 2020-03-16)  CPDL #57530:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-03-16).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2017-07-11) CPDL #45410:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2017-07-11).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 376 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Ein meydlein zu dem brunnen gieng
Composer: Ludwig Senfl
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1534 in 121 neue Lieder (Hans Ott), no. 59
  2nd published: 1540 in Teutsche Liedlein (Georg Forster), Volume 2, no. 52
Description: A song about a girl going to the well.

Original text and translations

German text Ein meydlein zu dem brunnen gieng/  und das was seuberlichen/  begegnet jm ein stoltzer knab/  der grüsset sie hertzigklichen/  sie setzt das krieglein neben sich/  und fraget wer er were/  er küsts an jren roten mund/  jr seyt mir nit on mere/  tret here, tret here, tret here, tret here, tret here. Das meydlein tregt pantoffel an/  darin thuts einher schnappen/  wer jr nicht recht zu sprechen kan/  dem schneyd sie bald ein kappen/  kein tuch dar an wirt nit ge spart/  kan einnem höfflich zwagen/  spricht sie wöll nit mer unser sein/  sie hab ein andern knaben/  lat traben, lat traben, lat traben, lat traben, lat traben.

English translation A maiden went to the well/  And what hapened is as follows/  she met a proud boy/  who greeted her from the heart/  She puts her pail down beside her/  And asked who he was/  He kissed her red mouth/  Don't you know me anymore/  come here, come here, come here. The maid put on her slipers/  In this case,  Who has any right to speak/  but She soon hade a new dress made/  And did not stint on the cloth/  as you might have guessed/  She doesn't want to be ours/  She hass another boy/  away with you, away, away with you.