| Sie hatte ein Kindlein
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| So schwach, wie ein Keim unter’m Schnee
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| Dann klopfte jemand an die Tür
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| Kam herein, nahm den Kleiner und fuhr
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| …es war der Tod
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| She had a small child
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| So weak, like a seed under the snow
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| Then someone knocked at the door
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| Came in, took the small one and left
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| …it was Death
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| Sagt mir, Nacht und Wasser
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| Wo’st mein Kind˜
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| Geh mal durch die Wälder
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| Und du findest’s
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| ''Tell me, Night and Water
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| Where’s my child˜''
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| ''Go at once through the woods
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| And you’ll find him''
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| Die Mutter, sie weinte
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| Und sie lief durch die Wälder so tief
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| Sie sah ein Treibhaus dort fern
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| Ging dahin, sie spürte ihr Kind war da
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| The mother cried
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| And she ran through the woods so deep
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| She saw a hothouse in the distance
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| Went there, she felt her child was there
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| Sag mir, weiser Gärtner
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| Wo’st mein Kind˜
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| Such mal unter’n Blumen
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| Und du findest’s
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| ''Tell me, wise gardener
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| Where’s my child ˜''
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| ''Search under the flowers
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| And you’ll find him''
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| Sie fand ihr Kindlein
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| Kleiner Keim, mit dem Puls so schwach
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| Dann kam der Tod in das Treibhaus
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| Es blieb kalt, ihre Hände kalt wie Eis.
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| She found her child
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| The small little seed, with a pulse so weak
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| Then Death entered the hothouse
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| It grew cold, her hands cold as ice
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| Hör mal, arme Mutter
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| Dein Liebling
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| Hätte nie gesund und froh gelebt
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| Reich mir dieses Keimchen, bitte dich
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| Und sein Herzchen sende ruh.
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| ''Listen to me, poor mother
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| Your darling
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| Would never have a healthy and joyfull life
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| Hand me this little seedling, I beg you
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| And put his little heart to rest.''
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| The booklet says «woh'st», clearly a typo
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| The child can be either a girl or boy in the German version
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| I believe this was meant to be «Es wurde kalt». |
| «Werden», «bleiben» and «sein»
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| are easily mixed
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| Up
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| Anneli sings «herzen» which means «heart», not «little heart»
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| Translation by Anne Deslattes, some adjustments by Ulrich Grepel and Kjetil T.
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| Homme |