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Erhard Oeglin. ""Our vicar is away"." Global Medieval Sourcebook.Transcription by Christopher Hutchinson .
"Unser pfarrer ist auf der pan" | "Our vicar is away"
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"Unser pfarrer ist auf der pan" | "Our vicar is away"
by Erhard Oeglin
Text Source:
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München 00082229 Rar.27 Stimme T f.47r
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Unser pfarrer ist auf der pan / Our vicar is away. was getz dich an / What’s it to you? ich wais und kan / I can and know how dy junngen feilel müstern über gan / to ogle the young violets as I go. es fleügt do her ein weisser schwan / A white swan flies by, wil kurtzweil han / it wants to have fun; er prangt gar schan / it shows off nicely: do můsst ich armer půb gar pald dar von / Thus I, poor lad that I am, soon had to leave. ich gyeng durch ayn zerrissens haus / I walked through a tumbled-down house; still was dy maus / the mouse was quiet, sy ruckt her aus / ayn flügel mein gans / my goose spread apart her wings: gyng gang / gyng gang / gyng gang, gyng gang also laut unser gsang / - so our song goes. schaubhůt der ist fürd sunnen gůt / A straw hat, it’s good for the sun. das pferd ist wild kumbt aus der stůt / The horse is wild, it comes from the mare. das pferd ist will kumpt aus der stůt. The horse is wild, it comes from the mare.
Unser pfarrer ist auf der pan / Our vicar is away. was getz dich an / What’s it to you? ich wais und kan / I can and know how dy junngen feilel müstern über gan / to ogle the young violets as I go. es fleügt do her ein weisser schwan / A white swan flies by, wil kurtzweil han / it wants to have fun; er prangt gar schan / it shows off nicely: do můsst ich armer půb gar pald dar von / Thus I, poor lad that I am, soon had to leave. ich gyeng durch ayn zerrissens haus / I walked through a tumbled-down house; still was dy maus / the mouse was quiet, sy ruckt her aus / ayn flügel mein gans / my goose spread apart her wings: gyng gang / gyng gang / gyng gang, gyng gang also laut unser gsang / - so our song goes. schaubhůt der ist fürd sunnen gůt / A straw hat, it’s good for the sun. das pferd ist wild kumbt aus der stůt / The horse is wild, it comes from the mare. das pferd ist will kumpt aus der stůt. The horse is wild, it comes from the mare.
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