So, I got a call from Robert Rodriquez today. He was in a hurry, so I had a hard time transcribing what he was asking about. Anyhow, he thinks the song is titled "Jan Hinnert," or maybe "Jan Hinert." The melody he sang sounds vaguely familiar. The first words, Jan Hinnert lived," have the first notes of "Krambambuli," but then the tune goes in a different direction. So, the song starts: Jan Hinnert lived in Baden Baden, in Baden Baden' And he worked just like an elf. Jan Hinnert made a little violin, a little fiddle kin, And he named his wife Katrin. And then Robert sang off some other verses too quickly for me to transcribe, and I got lost. Bob Coltman makes mention of "Jan Hinnert" in this message. He says Dyer-Bennett recorded it on German Folk Songs of Beethoven. Anybody familiar with this song? I went to the Folkways Website to see if they have it on their Dyer-Bennett recordings, but it's not there. Next, I'm off to read the indexes of books on my German songbook shelf. -Joe-
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