Music Of The Waters - online book

Sailors' Chanties, Songs Of The Sea, Boatmen's, Fishermen's,
Rowing Songs, & Water Legends with lyrics & sheet music

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	Music of the Waters.             233
	Ziert den Fahrensmann, BlankeTaschen, dat is Wunner schon; Jede liitje Deera Tiit uns bannig geern, Un wer uns nich ehrt, dem racht my to: Holl dy jo nich op, holl dy jo nich op. Holl dy jo nich op, holl dy jo nich op!	Well-lined pockets are awfully nice, With every little girl Mighty welcome are we, And we shout at him who doesn't care for us, "Now then, don't you stop ! now then, don't you stop ! Now then, don't you stop ! now then, don't you stop !"
	Though, perhaps, not strictly admissible in a collection of sailors' songs, I cannot bring this short account of the German ones to a close without including that most beau­tiful of all beautiful water-legends, " The Lorelei:"—
	German Version. Ich weisznicht, was soil esbedeuten, Dasz ich so traurig bin ; Ein Miirchen aus alten Zeiten, Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.	English Version. I know not what it meaneth, That I'm so sad to-day ; Of olden times a legend Haunts me for ever and aye.