SCHOENBERG Selections from Brettl Lieder

2018 TMC Fellows Katherine Beck and Daniel Overly perform two songs from Schoenberg's Brettl Lieder. July 17, 2018.
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I. Warning
Girl, don't be a vain thing,
Don't catch yourself a butterfly,
Seek yourself a real man,
One who can kiss you well
And with the power of his hands
Build you a warm little nest.
Girl, girl, don't be foolish,
Don't run around in a dream,
Open your eyes! If one appears,
He may be the right man for you.
If he comes, think fast!
Bam! Close the trap.
Lovely girl, be clever,
Use the rosy time of your youth!
Stop and think about it,
That you, if you do not have a plan,
Buzzing aimlessly through life,
You will become an old maid.
Lovely girl, be clever,
Use the rosy time of your youth!
Stop and think about it!
Think about it.
II.
Upon seeing so many women,
My heart beats so warmly.
It hums and thrums me here and there,
Like a swarm of bees.
And if her fire is the same as mine,
Her eyes beautiful and clear,
So pounds like blows of a hammer
My little heart always.
Boom, boom, boom.
I would wish for a thousand women,
If the gods were just;
Then I would dance like a marmot
Every which way.
That would be a life in the world,
I would be happy,
I'd hop like a hare through the fields
And my heart would always be beating.
Boom, boom, boom.
One who does not appreciate women;
Is neither cold nor warm,
And lies like a chunk of ice
In a girl's arms.
But I am surely another man,
I jump all around her;
My heart beats happily around hers
And goes: Boom, boom boom.

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