Mother-chatter
Richard Georg Strauss
But just look at my fair child,
with such golden curly locks,
blue eyes, red cheeks!
My friends, have you such a one?
My friends, no, you have not!
But just look at my sweet child,
fatter than a fat snail,
sweeter than a sugar roll!
My friends, have you such a one?
My friends, no, you have not!
But just look at my lovely child,
not too grumpy, not too particular!
Always friendly, always merry!
My friends, have you such a one?
My friends, no, you have not!
But just look at my pious child!
No bitter shrew
could be so loved by its mother.
My friends, would you like to have such a one?
O, you certainly won't get mine!
Just let a buyer come here once!
A hundred thousand shiny thalers -
all the gold in the world he would pay!
But he certainly won't get mine!
Let him buy somewhere else.