Es giengen neun junckfrawen (Johann Leonhard von Langenaw)
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- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2017-07-19). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 148 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Semi diplomatoric edition, Modern Clefs, ficta added
General Information
Title: Es giengen neun junckfrawen
Composer: Jo. Leonhardt
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: German
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1540 in Teutsche Liedlein (Georg Forster), Vol 2, no. 8
Description: A Comic song of three Maidens going down in the fields. from: Der ander theil Kurtzweiliger… Ausg. G. Forster 1540.
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Original text and translations
German text
ES giengent Neun junckfrawen/
frisch auff/ schnapp auff/
sie wolten wunder schawen/
dort nyden auff der awen/
frisch auff/ schnap auff, schnap nieder, schnap unden herwieder,
schnap auff.
English translation
Nine maidens did go
Briskly out,/ Snapp it upp,
To se wondrous things
down in the fields
Briskly out,/
Snapp it upp, snapp it down,
snapp it up again.