Picked this album up from a charity shop to day for 50p. Could have chosen any track as it's all killer no filler but this was the first that popped up on YouTube:
Or, for them as like a song, this curious number about a stalker. British lady composers seem to be in favour this evening.
[h=1]Der verirrte Jäger[/h]
"Ich hab gesehn ein Hirschlein schlank
Im Waldesgrunde stehn,
Nun ist mir draußen weh und bang,
Muß ewig nach ihm gehn.
Frischauf, ihr Waldgesellen mein!
Ins Horn, ins Horn frischauf!
Das lockt so hell, das lockt so fein,
Aurora tut sich auf!"
Das Hirschlein führt den Jägersmann
In grüner Waldesnacht,
Talunter schwindelnd und bergan,
Zu nie gesehner Pracht.
"Wie rauscht schon abendlich der Wald,
Die Brust mir schaurig schwellt!
Die Freunde fern, der Wind so kalt,
So tief und weit die Welt!"
Es lockt so tief, es lockt so fein
Durchs dunkelgrüne Haus,
Der Jäger irrt und irrt allein,
Findt nimmermehr heraus. -
This always reminds me why there should be a campaign to replace our National Anthem that is a truly depressing and unimaginative dirge:
Ps: To those who consider it unpatriotic to suggest we could and should improve on the current anthem I simply observe the following:
Times and taste move on as demonstrated by many a recent event. Perhaps no better example being we entered the EU in the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] Century and are leaving (apparently) in the 21st. What better way of celebrating and demonstrating our new-found independence than commissioning a new National Anthem that better reflects the spirit of optimism & exultation that needs to accompany our exit under any YTBA conditions?
It might well be a simple case of amending the unofficial status of the above anthem. I wouldn't be against it, with minor adjustment to the lyrics. Just give me someting more emotionally stimulating than "God save our ........." please.
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