A song from the "Lochamer-Liederbuch", a collection of German songs compiled for the influential Lochamer family of Nuremberg in around 1455.
It is one of the largest and most important song collections for German songs of the late Middle A…
A song from the "Lochamer-Liederbuch", a collection of German songs compiled for the influential Lochamer family of Nuremberg in around 1455.
It is one of the largest and most important song collections for German songs of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance and also features many melodies. The period in which this manuscript was created falls under that of Early Modern High German, a period in the history of German lasting from around 1350 to around 1650.
The author of this very song is unknown, that makes estimating its time of creation difficult as well. It hasn't appeared in older manuscripts, making the 15th century the most probable estimation, but the described way of travelling comes of as sort of Minnesang-esque, and the golden era of Minnesang was around 1150 to 1300. However, you might have seen that this isn't a courtly love song at all! In fact, it is highly erotic, but chooses to somewhat hide that behind metaphors.
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Ich spring an disem ringe
Dës pesten so ichs kan
Von hübschen frewlein singen
Als ichs geleret han
Ich raidt durch fremde lande
Do sach ich mancher hande
Do ich dy freulein vand
Die frewelein von Francken
Dy sich ich alzeit gerne
Noch in stën mein gedancken
Sy geben süssen kerne
Sy seind dy veinsten dirnen
Wolt God solt ich in zwirnen
Spynnen wolt ich lernen
Die frewelein von Swaben
Dy haben gulden har
So dürens frischlich wagen
Sy spynnen über lar
Der in den flachs will swingen
Der muß sein kein geringen
Das sag ich euch fürwar
Die frewelein vom Reÿne
Dy lob ich offt und dick
Sy sind hübsch und veÿne
Und geben frewntlich plick
Sy künnen seÿden spynnen
Dy newen lietlein singen
Sy seind der lieb ein strick
Die frewelein von Sachsen
Dy haben schewern weÿt
Darinn do pasßt man flachsße
Der in der schewern leÿt
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