The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #5015 Message #28301
Posted By: Bill in Alabama
14-May-98 - 11:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A mermaid song (Lorelei)
Subject: RE: Searching for a Mermaid song
Ginger-- There's a nineteenth-century German romantic poem about a cliff on the seacoast where a mermaid lives. Both the mermaid and the cliff are called The Lorelei. The poet's name is Henreich Heine. There might be a translation of this work which found its way into the canon; I seem to remember such a song.