The text and melody of the song “Maria durch ein Dornwald went” goes back to a pilgrimage song from the 18th century that was spread in Eichsfeld and in the diocese of Paderborn. The version known today, in which only three of seven stanzas have survived, comes from the “Zupfgeigenhansl”.
1. Mary walked through a thorn forest,
Kyrie eleison!
Maria walked through a thorn forest that
hadn’t borne any leaves in seven years.
Jesus and Mary!
2. What did Mary carry under her heart?
Kyrie Eleison!
A little child without pain, that
‘s what Maria carried under her heart.
Jesus and Mary!
3. There the thorns bore roses,
Kyrie eleison!
When the child was carried through the forest,
the thorns bore roses.
Jesus and Mary!
The melody of the popular Christmas carol “O du merry” comes from a Sicilian folk tune sung in the…
The original text version of this Advent carol as a German Christmas carol comes from the Jesuit Father Michael…
This happy song was written at the end of the Civil War. The original authors of the melody and lyrics…
This song from the beginning of the 19th century tells of the search for shelter in Bethlehem. Melody and lyrics…
This graceful lullaby was probably written down around 1800 in the Salzkammergut after a long oral tradition. Quiet, quiet,…
Text and melody are by Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608). The theme of the song is the “parable of the wise and…