In einem kiehlen Grunde (In Yonder Lovely Valley)

DESCRIPTION: German. "In einem kiehlen Grunde, Do schteht ein Miehlenrad. "A mill stands in the valley, where the singer's love lived. She gave him a ring; now her vow and the ring are broken. He wishes he were a minstrel, to sing his sorrows, or a knight, to fight
AUTHOR: Joseph von Eichendorff and Friedrich Gluck (source: Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends)
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends); reportedly composed 1814
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage love abandonment ring
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends, pp. 118-120, "In einem kiehlen Grunde (In Yonder Lovely Valley)" (1 German text plus poetic translation, 1 tune)
File: KPL118

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