Auf der Lüneburger Heide
The song on the Lüneburg Heath, after a poem from the band The Little Rose Garden by Hermann Lons, was set to music by Ludwig Rahlfs.
It is at folk festivals - often played and is also frequently found in the repertoire of choral societies - especially in northern Germany.
Awareness about the Lüneburg Heath addition, it gained through the films Green is the Heath from 1951 with Kurt Reimann, Hans Richter and Ludwig Schmitz as a singer and actor, as well as the eponymous film of 1972, which Roy Black sings the song Heath. Various musicians have published interpretations of the song, so among other things, the tenor Rudolf Schock on his CD voice for millions. The Slovenian post- industrial band Laibach used the song in 1988 on their cover of The Beatles album Let It Be, where under the title of Maggie Mae instead of used by the Beatles English traditionals an alienated on the Lüneburg Heath (first and third verse ) in combination with what resembles well on earth is heard.
History
In his anthology My brown book, in the chapter in the red post, Lons mentioned several times an "old rogue song " or the " cheeky rascal song " that he "does not want out of your head ": On the Lüneburg Heath, I went on and I went under. In his book The second face, he mentioned the text and calls it here: " The naughtiest of all the songs ". He had heard this during his student days in Göttingen and took it as a template for his poem. In 1906 he mentioned in a letter to the German literature and theater scholar Arthur Kutscher also the original lyrics of this song.
" On the Lüneburg Heath I went up and I went down, Brother, pumping me your little one, because that is not my kicking. "
Lyrics
1 On the Lüneburg Heath In the beautiful land I went on and I went under All sorts along the way I found
Chorus: Valleri, vallera, and jucheirassa, and jucheirassa, best treasure, best treasure, because you know it know it yes.
2 Brothers, let sound the glasses Because of Muscat If from standing sour He must be Drunk Chorus: Valleri. . .
3 And the bracken and the bark And the bush and the bangs Red deer we hunt woll'n In the green, green forest Chorus: Valleri. . .
4 egg you Pretty, ei du Fine Egg image you like milk and blood Our hearts we woll'n exchange Because you do not believe as does Chorus: Valleri. . .