365 Days - 365 Songs Challenge
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DonnaLele
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This is an old German Tradional, here are the lyrics...
In March the farmer clamps the steeds.
He is repairing his fields and meadows.
He plows the soil, he harrows and sows
and moves his hands early in the morning and late.
The farmers wife, the maidservants, they must not rest,
they have to do in the house and in the garden;
they dig and rake and sing a song
and be happy when everything is beautifully green and blooming.
So spring goes by at work,
then the farmer harvests the fragrant hay;
he mows the grain, then he threshes it out:
in winter there are many happy feasts.
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Ms Bean
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I know this melody as one of the best known and most loved Sinterklaasliederen, Zie, ginds komt de stoomboot uit Spanje weer aan.
From Wilfried Welti's book for the Solo Ukulele beginners I knew that it also was an old German traditional, but I didn't know the text. If only I was a farmer in that bygone era...
From Wilfried Welti's book for the Solo Ukulele beginners I knew that it also was an old German traditional, but I didn't know the text. If only I was a farmer in that bygone era...
DonnaLele
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Thank you, dear Ms. Bean. You are right, this is a very old German traditional song about spring and farmers work. In the next time I will sing a few more German Traditionals, I hope you enjoy 
