Jerry, I didn't know it, but someone else did. Judge for yourself, here's the German original with midi's . I'd say the English version is still a bit worse. Just in case, you'll also find a Latin translation there for comparison. And this song has an author and composers. By the way, that is a detail that has always puzzled me. German folksongs, in most cases, have known authors even if they are a couple of hundred years old. Why is this information more easily lost in the English speaking world? I've no hypothesis to offer. Wolfgang
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