From Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212
Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
G major |
Meter |
3/4 |
Structure |
none |
Length |
40 measures |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Das ist galant, |
It’s a pretty thing, |
Es spricht niemand |
That no one peeps |
Von den caducken Schocken. |
About those unpaid fees; |
Niemand redt ein stummes Wort, |
Nobody says a single word, |
Knauthain und Cospuden dort |
While Knauthain and Cospuden over there |
Hat selber Werg am Rocken. |
Have actual holes in their clothes. |
Last dated cantata (Dürr 2005, 884).