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• November 28, 2009 Shirley wrote:
  Absolutely loved it! What is the name of the first number played?
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  1. November 28, 2009 Moderator Jeanine Ann wrote:
     
     I don't know that song Shirley.  Bet Inge could tell us. Hugs
     
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  2. November 28, 2009 Julie wrote:
     The first song is "Die Lorelei", and the rest of the medley is "Mein Hut der hat drei Ecken", "Lustig ist das Zigeunerleben", and "Hoch auf dem gelben Wagen". Good selection, isn' it!
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• November 28, 2009 Inge Cossette wrote:
  It is the Lorelei-song, Lorelei is a rock in the river Rhine and in the old days a lot of boots got stranded and sank on that rock, so the folk tale said a beautiful girl sat on the rock (Lorelei) combing her golden hair and the shippers were fascinated and forgot to steer the boot, sank and she vanished. I know the song, but not in English, Inge
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• November 28, 2009 piano wrote:
  Die Lorelei
  The Lorelei
  Heinrich Heine
  ORIGINAL:
  Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten,
  Daß ich so traurig bin;
  Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten,
  Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.
  
  Die Luft ist kühl, und es dunkelt,
  Un ruhig fließt der Rhein;
  Der Gipfel des Berges funkelt
  In Abendsonnenschein.
  
  Die schönste Jungfrau sitzet
  Dort oben wunderbar,
  Ihr goldenes Geschmeide blitzet,
  Sie kämmt ihr goldenes Haar.
  
  Sie kämmt es mit goldenem Kamme
  Und singt ein Leid dabei;
  Das hat eine wundersame,
  Gewaltige Melodei.
  
  Den Schiffer im kleinen Schiffe
  Ergreift es mit wildem Weh;
  Er schaut nicht die Felsenriffe,
  Er schaut nur hinauf in die Höh'.
  
  Ich glaube, die Wellen verschlingen
  Am Ende Schiffer uns Kahn;
  Und das hat mit ihrem Singen
  Die Lorelei getan.
  TRANSLATION:
  I don't know what it may signify
  That I am so sad;
  There's a tale from ancient times
  That I can't get out of my mind.
  
  The air is cool and the twilight is falling
  and the Rhine is flowing quietly by;
  the top of the mountain is glittering
  in the evening sun.
  
  The loveliest maiden is sitting
  Up there, wondrous to tell.
  Her golden jewelry sparkles
  as she combs her golden hair
  
  She combs it with a golden comb
  and sings a song as she does,
  A song with a peculiar,
  powerful melody.
  
  It seizes upon the boatman in his small boat
  With unrestrained woe;
  He does not look below to the rocky shoals,
  He only looks up at the heights.
  
  If I'm not mistaken, the waters
  Finally swallowed up fisher and boat;
  And with her singing
  The Lorelei did this.
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  1. November 29, 2009 Shirley wrote:
     Thank you Piano for the words, and thanks to Julie & Inge also. this is a most beautigul melody.
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• November 28, 2009 patricia ford wrote:
  

  moved to Guestbook

  
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• November 29, 2009 Agostinho Guiomar wrote:
  I would like to make part of Andre Rieu Fand club and to receive the e-mails about his concerts and music...
  And I'm waiting for the opportunity to see him in Portugal one day....
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