Es wollt ein Fraw zum Weine gahn (Ludwig Senfl)

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• (Posted 2017-07-07)  CPDL #45304:       

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2017-07-07).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 207 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Third Stanza missing in the original 1540 print added from other sources.

• (Posted 2007-09-11)  CPDL #14934:       

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-11).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 25 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Listed alphabetically under composer's name on external site.

• (Posted 2002-08-12)  CPDL #03931:    - PDF, MIDI, ABC and LilyPond files available.

Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2002-08-12).   Score information: Unknown   Copyright: GnuGPL

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Title: Es wollt ein Fraw zum Weine gahn
Composer: Ludwig Senfl

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

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1540 in Teutsche Liedlein (Georg Forster), Volume 2, no. 32

Description: From a collection of Drinking songs.

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Original text and translations

German text 1. Es wollt ein Fraw zum Weine gahn, Herori matori, Sie wollt den Man nit mit ir lahn, Guretsch, guretsch, Guritzi maretsch, Herori matori. 2. Wolstu mich denn nit zechen lahn, Herori matori, So wolt ich zu einr andern gahn, Guretsch… 3. Der Mann muss jetzt sein Narr im Haus, Herori matori, Die Fraw lebt Tag und Nacht im Sauss, Guretsch…

English translation A wife was going out to drink, Herori matori, As her man didn't want to sleep with her, Guretsch, guretsch, Guritzi maretsch, Herori matori. If You don't want to sleep with me, Herori… I will go to another man, Guretsch… The man sitts at home as a fool, Herori… The wife lives happily day and night, Guretsch… English (literal) translation 1. A wife was going out to drink, Herori matori, She didn’t want to let her man go with her, Guretsch, Guretsch, Guritzi maretsch, Herori matori. 2. If you don’t let me go drink, Herori matori, I’ll go to another woman, Guretsch ... 3. The man must now be the fool at home, Herori matori, The woman lives day and night in a drunken fog, Guretsch…