Was trag ich an meine Hende, Ein Gleßlein mit külen wein (Georg Vogelhuber)
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- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2017-07-12). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 250 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A largely diplomatoric edition. Original note values and mensural signs retained but clefs changed to modern.
General Information
Title: Was Trag Ich an meine Hende, Ein Gleßlein mit külen wein
Composer: Georg Vogelhuber
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. 54
Description: Another drinking song With som intresting rythms. Apart from a few songs not werry much is known about the composer.
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Original text and translations
German text
Was trag ich auff der hende/
Ein gleßlein mit külem wein/
wem sol ich aber bringen/
dem liebsten stal brüder mein/
hans nickel von der hohen zinnen/
Es muß sein aigen sein/
Es flog ein vögelein über den rhein/
helut, helut, helut, helut
Ein gleßlein mit külem wein/
es muß getruncken sein.
English translation
What do I carry in my hands?
A glass of cool wine.
To who should I bring it?
My brother did steel my lowe from me.
To Hans Nickel of the lofty mind.
It has to be his own.
A bird did fly ower the Rhine.
Helut, helut.
A glass of cool wine
that must be drunk.