I had all the possible doubts about the authenticity of this song and its age, as for some other songs in Wolfgang Roth's recordings, and that is why I started this thread. Nonetheless, I think the recordings are interesting and many songs good. In my opinion, it is important to listen to them being aware of the fact that not all the songs are as old as they claim and historical, but come "from the modern German youth movement empathizing with times of old, sometimes generated during WWI, and some are poems of well known authors of the 19/20th century", as Wilfried writes, but I wouldn't say: don't buy the record. The rendition of songs like "Wir zogen in das Feld" or "Es soll sich der Mensch" or "Unser liebe Frauen vom kalte Bronnen" is as good as in other good recordings by singers and groups such as Liederjan, Zupfgeigenhansel, Hannes Wader, Fiedel Michel etc, and recorded some decades before. I'd like Wilfried to tell what CDs he recommends of historical and traditional German songs.