Hawwer reche (Raking Oats)

DESCRIPTION: German game song. "Es rejjert un schneejet, 'Sis kalt schtaermich Wedder...." "It rains and it snows, The weather is cold and stormy, The farmer comes home And gets some cider. Who will rake the oats?" The singer misses his lost sweetheart
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage playparty food love separation
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends, p. 110, "Hawwer reche (Raking Oats)" (1 German text plus non-poetic translation, 1 tune)
File: KPL110

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