by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875)
Schiffag'sangl
Language: German (Lower Austrian)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wia d' Wölkerl am Himmel, wia d' Wellerln in See, so wechselt in Hearzn a 's Wohl mid'n Weh. Ös Felsna, wear wiard denn scho schlåfa so frua? I schrei eng's in d' Ohrn 'nein und lås eng koan Rua. I schrei eng's in d' Ohrn 'nein, wia guad åls 's ma gehd, Z'truz dem, das 's mid mia nid In Aldn mear stehd! Sunst woar ma mein Schif und mein Ruada mein Weld; iazt gniag'n s' ma håld nima; wear sågd, wås ma fehld? Alloan is's ma bschwerli, alloan wil's nid daug'n; miar fehl'n no zwoa Handerln, miar fehl'n no zwoa Aug'n. Zwoa Handerln zun Ruadarn, wån's Schif si wil schdraib'n; zwoa Augerl åals Stearnderln, wohin i's sol treib'n!
Authorship:
- by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Fischhof (1804 - 1857), "Schiffag'sangl", op. 23 no. 1, from Flinserln, Lieder nach mundartlichen Texten von Johann Gabriel Seidl, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Schiffag'sangl" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "Skipper's song", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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